Legal Opinion

Forbau Ex Rel. Miller v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 5, 1994No. D-1235PublishedCited by 684 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCornyn, Justice

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HECHT, ENOCH, and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is overruled. We withdraw our opinion of May 5, 1993, and substitute the following opinion in its place.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether the insurance policy at issue created a vested right in unlimited lifetime benefits, or restricted benefits to the recovery of medical expenses incurred while the policy was in effect. The trial court rendered judgment on a jury’s verdict in *133favor of Petitioner, Edwadine Forbau, as next friend of Amy -Miller. The court of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Coker v. CokerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Reilly v. Rangers Management, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1987
  4. R & P Enterprises v. LaGuarta, Gavrel & Kirk, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Barnett v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1987

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