Texas Farmers Insurance Co. v. Stem

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

In the underlying cause, Real Parties in Interest, Norma and Lenard Millsap (the Millsaps), sued Relator, Farmers Insurance Company d/b/a The Farmers Insurance Group and David White (hereafter Farmers), for breach of contract and bad faith. Farmers urges us to order Respondent, the Honorable Robert M. Stem, to (1) vacate his denial of its motion for severance and plea in abatement; (2) enter an order severing the Millsaps’ bad faith claim from its breach of contract claim; and (3) abate the bad faith claim until the contract claim has been fully litigated. We…