American National Life Insurance Co. v. Montgomery

OPINION

KEITH, Justice.

Defendant below appeals from an adverse judgment which followed a jury verdict. Plaintiff recovered judgment for actual damages trebled, plus attorney’s fees, in her suit based upon misrepresentations of a local soliciting agent for the life insurance company. Suit was maintained under the provisions of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.50 (Supp.1982), and Tex.Ins.Code Ann. art. 21.21 (1981).

Although presented in many different forms, there are only two principal questions:

1. Is a life insurance company liable for oral…