Legal Opinion
Judie Fay Westbrook v. Safeco Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 1990No. 89-8245PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Judie Fay Westbrook, executrix for Ernest Westbrook’s (the decedent’s) estate, brought this suit against Safeco Life Insurance Company (Safeco) to recover disability benefits under an accident insurance policy held by Lockheed Corporation, the decedent’s employer. Westbrook also alleged that coverage had been denied by Safeco in bad faith and therefore sought statutory and punitive damages. The district court directed verdicts on both the bad faith claim and the coverage claim. Westbrook now appeals from the district court’s judgment entered on those directed verdicts. We affirm. 1
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- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Casey Enterprises, Inc. And D/B/A Pendley Hills Hardware and Minit Check Grocery, Fite H. Casey, Jr. v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Thornton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Louis F. Cavic and Helen A. Cavic, His Wife, Cross-Appellants v. The Grand Bahama Development Company, Limited, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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