Liberty National Life Insurance v. Windham

STEAGALL, Justice.

Liberty National Life Insurance Company appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff James Windham, as beneficiary of a life insurance policy on his son, in his suit to recover under a double indemnity provision in that policy. We reverse.

*968Windham’s son, David, underwent back surgery twice for a job-related injury and experienced severe pain afterwards to the extent that he was unable to work and had to live with his parents. David’s physician, Dr. Judy Travis, prescribed two drugs, Darvon and propoxyphene, which he took continuously to relieve his…