Legal Opinion
Eichenseer v. Reserve Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided March 18, 1988No. EC85-415-LS-DPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SENTER, Chief Judge.
In this diversity action, plaintiff alleges that the defendant insurer acted with reckless disregard for her contractual rights and was grossly negligent by denying her claim for health insurance benefits. Plaintiff seeks an award of both extracontractual compensatory damages and punitive damages as a result of the defendant’s actions.
A nonjury trial has been conducted, and the court now issues the following findings of fact and conclusions of law. Rule 52(a), Fed.R.Civ.P.
Findings of Fact
a) The Parties
Patricia Stephenson Eichenseer, plaintiff herein, was bom on…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. VealMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. CrenshawMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Boardman v. United Services Auto. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Universal Life Ins. Co. v. VeasleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Patricia Stephenson Eichenseer v. Reserve Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Lewis v. Equity Nat. Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Stewart v. Gulf Guar. Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2002
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