North American Life & Casualty Co. v. Riedl

Smith, Judge.

After appellee-plaintiff Frank Riedl’s daughter incurred approximately $36,000 in medical expenses at Anneewakee Treatment Center in Douglasville, Georgia, Riedl brought this contract action seeking that amount as coverage under a medical benefits policy issued by appellant-defendant North American Life & Casualty Company, Inc. (insurer), and also seeking punitive damages and attorney fees. Arguing that the named insured no longer was the real party in interest, the insurer moved to dismiss on the ground that Riedl’s wife, the owner of the policy, had executed an assignment of…