Beaugureau v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

OPINION

GRANT, Judge.

Appellants Francis H. and Margaret A. Beaugureau commenced this action in Maricopa County Superior Court against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Equitable) asserting Equitable’s wrongful refusal to honor major medical insurance claims. Summary judgment was granted in favor of Equitable by the trial court on March 4, 1980 and this appeal followed. We affirm the trial court.

The following facts giving rise to this litigation were undisputed. In 1978 Margaret Beaugureau was hospitalized for medical care associated with an emotional condition and…