Insurance -- 1955 Tennessee Survey

If a period of three years be sufficient time to detect any trend in the field of insurance litigation, there is reflected a decrease in the number of cases reaching our appellate courts having to do with automobile liability insurance and an increase in the number of cases having to do with health and accident policies--the latter probably being the result of the extension of group insurance. In the past year there were only two reported decisions in the state courts and one in the federal court sitting in Tennessee involving automobile liability policies. During the present Survey period, there have not been the significant decisions of the past two years concerning the liability of insurer to insured for loss resulting from the insurer's failure to settle within the policy limits.'