Legal Opinion
Phelps v. U.S. Life Credit Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 28, 1999No. 98-446PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.
This appeal arises from a contract action seeking enforcement of a credit life insurance policy. Our jurisdiction is authorized pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. Rule 1 — 2(b)(1), (4) and (6) (1998) (certified to this court because issue involves case of first impression, substantial public interest, and substantial question of law concerning statutory interpretation, specifically Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-107 (Repl. 1992)).
Appellee, U.S. Credit Life Insurance Company, sold the policy by its agent to Lincoln Phelps incident to his purchase of a pick-up truck on November 4,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Unigard Security Insurance v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Keller v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
- Herrick v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Farm Bur. Mut. Ins. Co. of Ark. v. MilburnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. TraylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. FooteSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Phelps v. US Life Credit Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- David J. Wood, Trustee of the Richard T. Smith Family Trust 2 v. Valley Forge Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- Burnett v. Philadelphia Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2003
- Hudson v. HiloCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2004
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