Hardin v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a case in which issues were resolved in separate trials, Mary Hardin, et al., obtaining in the first trial a jury verdict and damages against Goodrich Associates. In the second trial Mary Hardin, et al., sought declaratory relief against John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. (“John Hancock”). The second trial was before the Etowah Circuit Court without a jury, and it is only from the judgment entered in that trial that this appeal is taken.

The facts as found in the trial court’s order are as follows:

Goodrich Associates (a New York…