Superior Rigging & Erecting Co. v. Maddox

Fletcher, Justice.

This case arises from a declaratory judgment action filed by Mr. and Mrs. Maddox, appellees herein, against Superior Rigging and Erecting Company and Hanover Insurance Companies, appellants herein. Mr. Maddox was injured in an automobile collision with a vehicle driven by an émployee of Superior Rigging. An adjuster for Hanover, the insurer of Superior Rigging, negotiated directly with the Maddoxes for more than a year in an effort to reach a settlement concerning Mr. Maddox’s personal injury claim and Mrs. Maddox’s loss of consortium claim. The Maddoxes eventually agreed to…