Great American E & S Insurance Co. v. Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After the estate of a former resident sued a nursing home for negligent care, the primary insurance carrier employed lawyers to defend the suit. Because the *422lawyers failed to timely designate an expert witness, the settlement value of the ease greatly increased, causing the nursing home’s primary carrier to pay its policy limits, and its excess insurance carrier to step in, defend the nursing home, and ultimately settle the suit. The excess carrier sued the law firm for professional negligence — both directly and under a…