REDMANN, Judge.
Plaintiff, awarded benefits under a disability "income protector" insurance policy, appeals from that portion of the judgment which denied him statutory penalties and attorney's fees.
Defendant neither appealed nor answered the appeal.
The issue is whether defendant had "just and reasonable grounds", LSA-R.S. 22:657, to refuse payment of the contractual benefit.
Defendant argues that it had such grounds because plaintiff was...
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