Austin v. Independent Life and Accident Ins. Co.

Cureton, Judge:

This case involves a suit for fraud and conversion by an insured against her insurer. The insured, Emmaline Austin, obtained two insurance policies from the insurer, Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company. She alleges the agent for the company, Murray Harter, misrepresented the nature of one of the policies and also misrepresented her age on both policy applications. The jury returned a verdict in Austin’s favor on both causes of action. On the cause of action for fraud, the jury awarded One Dollar ($1.00) in actual damages and One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)…