Loudin v. National Liability & Fire Insurance

DAVIS, Justice:

This is an appeal by Thomas and Alice Loudin, appellants herein and plaintiffs below (hereinafter “the Loudins”),1 from an order of the Circuit Court of Upshur County that granted summary judgment in favor of National Liability & Fire Insurance Company; Jack Sergent; D.L. Thompson; and Consolidated Claim Services, Inc., appellees herein and defendants below. The circuit court’s summary judgment order found that the Loudins were third-party claimants and therefore could not bring an action for conduct involving an insurance policy claim on theories of common law bad faith,…