De Gonzalez v. Mission American Insurance Co.

OPINION

MAUZY, Justice.

This case involves the interpretation of policy limits of an insurance contract. Petitioners are the relatives and beneficiaries of three passengers who died in an airplane crash. Mission American Insurance Company (Mission) had provided liability insurance to the plane’s owner. Petitioners brought this suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the liability insurance policy held by the owner of the airplane sets a limit for wrongful death actions of $1,000,-000 rather than $300,000 as claimed by Mission. The trial court rendered judgment for Petitioners, holding that…