Ledbetter v. United American Ins. Co.

The plaintiff, Ruby Ledbetter, appeals from summary judgments entered in favor of the defendants, United American Insurance Company ("United American") and Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company ("Standard Life"), on claims of negligent supervision and failure of a duty to warn. We affirm.

Viewed most favorably to the plaintiff, the evidence submitted on the motions for summary judgment tended to show the following:

Ruby Ledbetter is a 76-year-old woman with a seventh-grade education. Frederick Fannin, an insurance agent, began calling on her in her home in 1985 to sell insurance to her…