Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Durwood

LAWRENCE HOLMAN, Special Judge.

Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company, filed this suit to obtain a declaratory judgment as to its rights and obligations under the permanent total disability provisions of five life insurance policies issued by plaintiff to and upon the life of defendant Edward D. Durwood. Defendant filed a cross-petition seeking to recover certain premiums he had paid and disability benefits which he alleged had accrued to him under the policies and penalties for plaintiff’s vexatious 'refusal to pay. The trial court found all of the issues in favor of defendant, except the…