Butler v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAN M. RUSSELL, Jr., District Judge.

This cause is presently before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, seek to recover certain amounts alleged to be due under a group insurance policy issued by the defendant, together with punitive and other extra-contractual damages. The plaintiffs argue that their position is supported by the public policy articulated by the Mississippi Supreme Court in Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Miss., 427 So.2d 139 (Miss.1983), Gulf Guaranty Life Ins. Co. v. Kelley, 389 So.2d 920 (Miss. 1980),…