Beverly Smith v. Citadel Insurance Company as Successor to Gramercy Insurance Company and Goauto Insurance Company

FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #45 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of October, 2019, are as follows: BY JOHNSON, C.J.: 2019-CC-00052 BEVERLY SMITH VS. CITADEL INSURANCE COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TO GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY AND GOAUTO INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of East Baton Rouge) For the above reasons, we hold an insurer’s duty of good faith owed to its insured under La. R.S. 22:1973 does not exist separate and apart from an insurer’s contractual obligations. The duty of good faith is codified in La. R.S. 22:1973, but this duty is an…