Legal Opinion
Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Bristow
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 1988No. 57393PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
529 So.2d 620 (1988)
LIFE & CASUALTY INS. CO. OF TENNESSEE
v.
Henry Edward BRISTOW.
No. 57393.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 20, 1988.
Rehearing Denied August 10, 1988.
John E. Hughes, III, Wells, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, William M. Beasley, Mitchell, Voge, Beasley & Corban, Tupelo, for appellant.
John Leroy Long, Roy O. Parker, Tupelo, for appellee.
En Banc.
ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Lee County in which Henry Edward Bristow was awarded $50,000 in compensatory damages and $6,000,000 in punitive damages for his bad faith…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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