Stegall v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Willie C. Stegall, sued the appellee, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), to recover damages, a bad-faith penalty, and attorney fees for its failure to pay him certain disability benefits allegedly due under the terms of a group insurance policy. He appeals the grant of the appellee’s motion for summary judgment.

The policy in question covered employees of Stephenson Chemical Company, which employed Stegall as a production foreman. The disability benefits in question were payable only if Stegall was totally disabled on and for a certain…