Legal Opinion

Vowell v. Physicians Mutual Life Insurance

District Court, N.D. Mississippi

Decided April 17, 1989No. Civ. A. EC 88-71-D-D, EC 88-72-D-DPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the defendants’ motions for summary judgment regarding coverage on certain life insurance policies. Defendants also moved in the alternative for partial summary judgment on the plaintiff’s claims for punitive damages and extra-contractual damages. Plaintiff has responded that this was an accidental death covered by the insurance policies and that extra-contractual damages may be recovered. After a review of the motion, briefs, authorities presented, and record as a whole, the court is of the opinion that only partial…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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  4. James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  5. Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. CrenshawMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Roy Anderson Corp. v. Transcontinental InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2005

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