Brown v. Coastal States Life Insurance

Littlejohn, Justice:

The plaintiffs-respondents initiated these six actions alleging “conspiracy to defraud” and “fraudulent breach or fraudulent lapse of insurance policy or policies” on the part of the defendants, Coastal States Life Insurance Company and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company. In each case the plaintiffs are seeking $15,000.00 actual and punitive damages.

The lower court struck from the Answers of Coastal allegations of facts which occurred after the action was commened. Coastal has appealed.

The actions were commenced on October 17, 1968, by service of Summonses only (as…