Audrey Spraberry Beasley v. Robert Trey Sutton

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This dispute arose from the disbursement of $5 million in life-insurance proceeds to Dr. Robert “Trey” Sutton from various policies of Dr. Christopher Spraberry after Spraberry’s accidental death. Audrey Spraberry Beasley, Spra-berry’s sister, originally sued Sutton, among others,1 for unjust enrichment, equitable estoppel, and promissory estoppel. She claims that one of the policies under which Sutton collected $2 million was supposed to be cancelled; instead, a policy in the amount of $700,000 was mistakenly cancelled, which named Beasley as the sole…