Legal Opinion
Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Day
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1986No. 55283PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
487 So.2d 830 (1986)
AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.
v.
Charles M. DAY.
No. 55283.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 30, 1986.
Cary E. Bufkin, Jim Bullock, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, for appellant.
William Waller, Sr., Waller & Waller, Arlin C. Ruthven, Jackson, for appellee.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
At issue in this lawsuit is the propriety of an award of punitive damages on an insurance contract claim where it is alleged an insurance company intentionally refused to pay a valid claim with reasonable promptness.…
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