Legal Opinion
Ford Life Insurance v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 27, 1978No. 77-143PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
Lamar Jones, Jr., age thirty-three, purchased a new Ford pick-up truck in 1976 from the Eudora Motor Company, a Ford motor company dealer. The purchase was financed through Ford Motor Credit Company. The salesman, Harold Stokes, sold Jones Ford credit life insurance. Jones died a little over three months later from what was diagnosed as a heart attack caused by diabetes.
Peggy Jones, the widow, did not make payments on the truck and Ford Motor Credit filed suit in Chicot County Circuit Court to recover the vehicle. Peggy Jones, as administratrix of Jones’ estate, filed…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Southwestern Insurance Company v. CampSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
- The National Life Accident Ins. Co. v. BroylesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1938
3Cited by20 opinions
- Kay B. Jackson v. The Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance v. CowgerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Bush v. Ford Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- Miller v. Dobbs Mobile Bay, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- Gatlin v. World Service Life Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1981
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