Bindley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment of dismissal entered after defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's amended petition had been sustained. On March 26, 1947, plaintiff instituted this suit for $10,000 actual and $115,000 punitive damages. The action is based upon an alleged unlawful conspiracy entered into by the insurance company, its agent and its physician, for the alleged purpose of cheating and defrauding the plaintiff by depriving her of her property and rights, towit, a cause of action for the wrongful death of her husband and a right to recover penalty and attorney fees on…