Gasque Ex Rel. Estate of Hodges v. Voyager Life Insurance

Goolsby, Judge:

In this breach of contract action the intestate, Jessie G. Hodges, who died during the pendency of this appeal, seeks to recover damages from the Voyager Life Insurance Company of South Carolina because of Voyager’s failure to pay disability benefits allegedly due on a credit life and accident and health insurance policy issued in conjunction with Hodges’s purchase of an automobile. From a jury verdict in Hodges’s favor, Voyager appeals. We affirm as modified.

1. Voyager questions the admission of the insurance application and contract of sale to prove the terms of the contract…