Supreme Court of Texas

To find that an insurance company owed its at-will independent agent a common law duty of ordinary care, in investigating the agent's alleged misconduct, would substantially alter the parties' at-will relationship.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/16/2002
• Decided 08/30/2002
• Published 08/30/2002

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David J. Beck,Linda K. McCloud, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston, Brent C. Howard, Howard & Davis, Tyler, Sherwin A. Winniford, Fulbright Winniford Bice & Marable, Waco, Anne Pike, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ron Adkison, Wellborn Houston Adkison Mann Sadler & Hill, Henderson, for Respondents.