Tidelands Life Insurance Co. v. Harris

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of an insured, Ottis M. Harris, and against the insurer, Tidelands Life Insurance Company, based on the insurer’s violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, TEX.BUS. & COM.CODE ANN. § 17.46 et seq. (Vernon Supp.1984), and the TEX.INS. CODE ANN. art. 21.21 (Vernon 1981), both of which prohibit misrepresentation of insurance policy terms. We affirm.

-STATEMENT OF FACTS-

Don R. Evans, an agent for Tidelands Life Insurance Company, approached Mr. and Mrs. Ottis M. Harris to sell them a family health insurance policy. During the…