Southern Life and Health Ins. Co. v. Turner

This appeal is from a judgment entered in favor of Lucy R. Turner and against Southern Life and Health Insurance Company ("Southern") and Richard Perry for $500,000 in a fraud action. Southern and Perry argue that the judgment should be reversed because, they say, Turner failed to present sufficient evidence of fraud, and Southern argues that Turner failed to present evidence that it ratified the actions of Perry.

In January 1986, Perry was hired by Southern as a salesman. His duties included servicing a "debit route," wherein he traveled from house to house on a weekly basis to collect…