Hernandez v. Great American Insurance Co. of NY

OPINION

NYE, Justice.

Jesus R. Hernandez brought suit against the appellee insurance companies to establish liability under the doctrine announced in the Stowers case.1 Plaintiff’s case was dismissed based upon defendants’ plea of limitation.

Hernandez plead in the suit that the appellee insurance companies were negligent in failing to settle a prior law suit within the limits of his policy of liability insurance. The basis for his complaint came about in the following manner. Hernandez plead that the appellee insurance companies were in the business of insuring casualty risks in Texas, and had…