State Farm Life Insurance Co v. Beaston

907 S.W.2d 430 (1995)

STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Ted H. Heaton, III, Petitioners,

v.

Terri BEASTON, Respondent.

No. D-4454.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued May 5, 1994.

Delivered June 29, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled October 27, 1995.

Larry G. Black and Ranelle M. Meroney, Austin, for petitioners.

Mark L. Kincaid, Joe K. Longley and Philip K. Maxwell, Austin, for respondent.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and SPECTOR, Justice, join in Parts III, IV, and V.

We are called upon to interpret the terms of a life insurance policy and to decide whether a plaintiff can recover mental anguish damages from an…