Morris v. Cotton States Life & Health Insurance Co.

ALMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted for a defendant insurance company in a suit against the insurance company and its agent for the agent’s negligent or wanton failure to procure insurance and for his misrepresentation that he had secured insurance coverage for the plaintiffs. After granting summary judgment, the trial court entered a Rule 54(b), A.R.Civ.P., order of finality.

On October 26, 1983, Mickey and Diane Morris went to the Larry Hulsey Insurance Agency, operated by Larry W. Hulsey. Hulsey was a licensed agent for the Cotton States Insurance Companies,…