Texas Panel Says Bad Faith, Other Extracontractual Claims Must Be Abated

(March 20, 2020, 10:46 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — The First District Texas Court of Appeals on March 17 determined that a trial court erred in refusing to abate an insured’s extracontractual claims from a declaratory judgment claim filed against an auto insurer because the extracontractual claims are dependent on the resolution of the declaratory judgment claim (In re State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co., No. 01-19-00821, Texas App., 1st Dist., 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 2214)....

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