USAA Life Insurance v. Boyce

745 S.W.2d 136 (1988)

294 Ark. 575

USAA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee,

v.

Sam H. BOYCE, Administrator of the Estate of Jimmy Richard Norris, Deceased, Appellant.

No. 87-178.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 22, 1988.

Bill H. Walmsley, Batesville, for appellant.

Boyce Y. Boyce, Newport, for appellee.

WILLIAM G. WRIGHT, Special Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by USAA Life Insurance Company from the trial court's award of 12% penalty and attorneys' fees. The insured, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army stationed in Georgia, was shot to death on November 13, 1980. His wife, who was the primary…