BELLAH v. STATE FARM FIR & CAS. INS. CO.

No. 88-448.

546 So.2d 601 (1989)

Don and Maudie BELLAH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INS. CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smitherman, Lunn, Chastain & Hill, Gordon N. Blackman, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

McLure & Pickels, Charles K. Charrier, Alexandria, Kenneth Simmons, Many, Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, Ronald Corkern, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, LABORDE and KING, JJ.


KING, Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether a plaintiff has a cause of action for damages against the defendant's liability insurer based on its alleged bad faith refusal to settle a claim on behalf of its insured prior to trial.

This is a tort action instituted by Maudie A. Bellah and her husband, Don W. Bellah (hereinafter plaintiffs), for damages allegedly incurred when Mrs. Bellah stepped into a hole in the driveway of Ann's Flower...

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