Richison v. Boatmen's Arkansas, Inc.

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

This is an insurance case involving the tort of bad faith. Appellant, Ellen Richison, executrix of the estate of Stanley Richison, deceased, sued appellees, Boatmen’s Bank of Arkansas, Inc. (Boatmen’s Bank) and Consumer’s Protective Life Insurance Company (Consumer’s) for breach of contract and bad faith for denying payment of a $2500 credit life insurance policy issued to her late husband. Mrs. Richison appeals from the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment to appellees, dismissing her bad-faith claim and her request for punitive damages. On appeal, she…