Monthly Archives: October 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Bernays Touchstone

OCTAVIO DOMINGUEZ AUTHORS ARTICLE

Octavio Dominguez authored an article, “Supreme Court Eliminates Bad Faith Tort?”, which has been published in the November issue of the Dallas Bar Association Headnotes.  This article examines the recent 5-4 split Texas Supreme Court decision which held that workers’ compensation claimants can no longer assert a common-law claim for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. To read the entire article, go to:  https://www.dallasbar.org/content/supreme-court-eliminates-bad-faith-tort .

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Posted on October 30, 2012 by Bernays Touchstone

SUPREME COURT ELIMINATES BAD FAITH TORT?

In a 5-4 decision, a split Texas Supreme Court held in Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ruttiger that workers’ compensation claimants can no longer assert a common-law claim for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.  55 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 912 (Tex. 2012).  The decision overruled the Court’s decision in Aranda v. Insurance Co. of North America.  To read the entire article, go to https://www.dallasbar.org/content/supreme-court-eliminates-bad-faith-tort. 

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