Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Torres

BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellant brought this suit to rescind and cancel a policy of life insurance issued appellee Ignacio Torres which also provided certain hospitalization and medical benefits to insured and his family. Appel-lees, Ignacio Torres and wife, Bertha G. Torres, counter-claimed for recovery of medical expenses incurred as the result of the hospitalization of Mrs. Torres and their son, Albert, together with penalty interest and attorneys’ fees. Although no motion for instructed verdict was made by appellees, the trial court apparently concluded that they were entitled to recover,…