Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Maas
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
516 So.2d 495 (1987)
BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.
v.
Stanley E. MAAS, et ux.
No. 57407.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 9, 1987.
Rehearing Denied January 6, 1988.
C.R. Montgomery, Rebecca B. Cowan, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Jackson, E. Howard Eaton, Taylorsville, for appellant.
Eugene C. Tullos, Ney T. McDaniel, Raleigh, for appellee.
Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.
GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:
This case, involving punitive damages for an insurer's bad faith, comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of Smith County, where a jury awarded Stanley…
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