HEARD v. AMERICAN HEALTH & LIFE INS. CO.

No. 5647.

337 So.2d 684 (1976)

Kathie E. HEARD, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. AMERICAN HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raggio, Farrar, Cappel & Chozen by Richard A. Chozen, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Francis E. Mire, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and GUIDRY, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit to enforce the provisions of a group medical insurance policy, which allow a dependent of an insured, on reaching 19 years of age, to obtain an individual policy without a medical examination. From a judgment ordering it to issue a policy, the defendant-insurer appealed. Plaintiff answered the appeal, seeking penalties and attorney's fees.

The trial judge has written the following well considered opinion which we adopt as our...

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