Legal Opinion
Southern Life & Health Insurance Co. v. Medrano
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided October 10, 1985No. 13-85-310-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice.
Southern Life & Health Insurance Company, appellant, sold a policy of joint whole life insurance to Jesus and Cipriana Medra-no. The face value was $8,000.00. Mr. Medrano subsequently died, and appellant refused to pay Mrs. Medrano the policy amount. The insurance company claimed that Mr. Medrano had made misrepresentations about his health on the insurance application. Mrs. Medrano brought suit, alleging that the insurance company had engaged in deceptive trade practices in violation of TEX.INS.CODE ANN. art. 21.21 (Vernon 1981) and also the Texas Deceptive Trade…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bender v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
- Mayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. Kelly, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1984
- Braugh v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Marshbank v. Austin Bridge Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Albany Insurance Company v. Anh Thi KieuCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. GrosCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- BREOF Bnk Texas, L.P. v. D.H. Hill Advisors, Inc. and D.H. Hill, Individually, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
- Soto v. Southern Life & Health Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
- Ambrose v. MacK, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990
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