SOUTHERN LIFE AND HEALTH INS. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
This is a fraud case. The jury awarded Robert C. Smith, Jr., $30,000 in compensatory damages, and $35,000 in punitive damages. The trial court remitted all but $86.51 of the compensatory damages award, and the remittitur was accepted by Smith. Southern Life and Health Insurance Company appeals. Smith cross-appeals from the order remitting the compensatory damages.
The case was tried around the factual disputes of whether Smith and his wife told the agents of Southern Life that Smith's wife was pregnant or suspected that she was pregnant at the time of the taking of the application for…
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Torres v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Alabama Power Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Bedwell Lumber Co., Inc. v. T & T CORP.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Commercial Fire Ins. v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. ALA. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
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