Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes

Rosezenna Barnes, the appellee, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County against the Gulf Atlantic Insurance Company, the appellant. The action arose out of a dispute between the parties concerning the amount of coverage to which the appellee was entitled as a result of the death of one of her children, an insured.

Plaintiff's complaint, as finally amended, contained four counts: (1) breach of contract for life insurance, (2) fraud and misrepresentation, (3) wrongful, intentional and unreasonable refusal to pay and (4) negligent or wanton breach of an implied duty to deal in good…