UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. WALTON

47569.

127 Ga. App. 857 (1973)

195 S.E.2d 295

UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. WALTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walton Hardin, for appellant.

Orr & Kopecky, Melvin P. Kopecky, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, as the administratrix of her mother's estate, sued to recover on a hospitalization policy issued to the deceased. The insurer answered denying liability and affirmatively pleaded fraudulent procurement of the contract by concealment of facts in the application for the policy. The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $1,113 under the contract, $111.30 as a penalty for bad faith, and attorney's fees in the amount of $250. The...

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