Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Wells

CADENA, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Aetna Life Insurance Company, appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff, Homer Baxter Wells, recovery, under a group hospitalization and medical expenses insurance policy issued by defendant, for medical expenses incurred by plaintiff as a result of a heart attack. The judgment was in the amount of $5,578.92, consisting of $3,624.04, representing actual medical expenses incurred by plaintiff, $434.88, representing the penalty provided for by Article 3.62, Tex.Ins.Code Ann. (1963) and $1,520.00 as attorneys’ fees.

The policy covered only medical expenses…