Shumpert v. Service Life & Health Ins. Co.

StukES, Justice.

Respondent recovered verdict and judgment for actual and punitive damages against appellant upon a cause of action for fraud and deceit in the issuance of insurance. There were two policies, one of which was upon the life of respondent in the sum of $250.00 with his wife, Martie, as the beneficiary. It was so recited on the outside of the policy but it was described as a “Family Protective Policy.” The other is described in the record as a hospitalization, surgery, accidental death, and dismemberment policy, which recites a group policy issued to South Carolina Farm Bureau as…