FABACHER v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 2287.

208 So.2d 734 (1968)

Lawrence A. FABACHER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1968.

Writ Granted June 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt & Woodley, by Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Henry L. Yelverton, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, LEAR, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


LEAR, Judge.

This is an appeal from judgment awarding plaintiff the sum of $1,706.99, representing certain disability and medical benefits under a hospitalization policy issued by defendant, a like amount as penalty for the defendant's arbitrary and capricious refusal to pay, and the sum of $1,500.00 as attorney's fee.

The policy sued upon is a nonoccupational one, granting to the employees and members of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury hospital, medical...

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