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GULF GUARANTY LIFE INS. CO. v. KELLEY

No. 52005.

389 So.2d 920 (1980)

GULF GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. Olivette KELLEY, Individually and as Executrix of Estate of John R. Kelley, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1980.

Opinion on Motion to Retax Costs January 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Krutz, III, W. Scott Welch, III, Luther T. Munford, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellant.

Ransom P. Jones, III, F. Gerald Maples, Jones & Maples, Pascagoula, for appellee.

En Banc.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Mrs. Olivette Kelley, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of John R. Kelley, Deceased, filed suit in the Circuit Court of George County against the defendant, Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company. The trial court instructed the jury to find for plaintiff actual damages in the amount of $3,926.88, and submitted the question of punitive damages to the jury. The jury awarded $35,000 punitive...

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