HENDRIX v. REPUBLIC NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. CA 80-245.

606 S.W.2d 601 (1980)

Elbery HENDRIX, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

October 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley & Coleman by Douglas Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Judge.

The question is whether an insurer may deny insurance benefits to an employee whose employer, by failure to pay group policy premiums, has allowed the policy to lapse, even though the employee's contribution to the premium has been deducted from his pay by the employer. We hold that, despite the employee's payments, the lapse of the policy prevents the employee from recovering medical expenses of his dependent which would have been covered but for...

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