Republic National Life Insurance Company v. Blain

NORVELL, Justice.

The petitioner, Republic National Life Insurance Company, seeks relief here from a summary judgment rendered against it in favor of Helen F. Blain, the widow of Allen J. Blain. This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, 415 S.W.2d 463.

The basis of Mrs. Blain’s claim was a group policy issued by petitioner to members of the Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA) which covered her husband who was a state employee at the Terrell State Hospital. The case is complicated by the action of the Terrell State Hospital employees in changing their group insurance from…