Legal Opinion

Great SW Fire Ins. Co. v. CNA Ins. Companies

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 12, 1990No. 89-CC-1938, 89-CC-1939PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

557 So.2d 966 (1990)

GREAT SOUTHWEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

CNA INSURANCE COMPANIES, et al.

Nos. 89-CC-1938, 89-CC-1939.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 12, 1990.

Alfred Landry, Landry, Watkins & Bonin, New Iberia, for applicant/respondent.

David Hurlburt, Fontenot, Andrus & Preis, Lafayette, for respondent/applicant.

DENNIS, Justice.

This is a suit by Great Southwest Fire Insurance Company, an excess liability insurance carrier, against Transportation Insurance Company, a primary liability insurance carrier. It seeks to recover sums that Great Southwest had to pay due to the alleged bad faith…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  2. 9 to 5 Fashions, Inc. v. SpurneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  3. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co. v. International HarvesterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. Narcise v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. Pearson v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973

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