Legal Opinion

Thompson v. COM'L INS. CO. OF NEWARK, NJ

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1977No. 49175PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

344 So.2d 135 (1977)

W. Karl THOMPSON

v.

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

No. 49175.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 30, 1977.

Charles R. Wilbanks, Corinth, for appellant.

Price & Krohn, James E. Price, Corinth, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Preexistence of an illness or sickness was the ground upon which the trial judge by peremptory instruction exonerated Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey (appellee) from liability upon its medical insurance policy. The Alcorn County Circuit Court ruled that no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, Inc. v. MosleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Mitchell v. Film Transit Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  3. American Life Insurance v. WalkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1949

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Betty and Stanley Ross v. Western Fidelity Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989

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