BOCANEGRA v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. B-8077.

605 S.W.2d 848 (1980)

Janie P. BOCANEGRA, Petitioner, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branton & Mendelsohn, Les Mendelsohn, Chrys A. Lambros and L. Wayne Scott, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Joe Meador, San Antonio, for respondent.


POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Janie Bocanegra, sued Aetna Life Insurance Company on a group medical and hospital policy and recovered judgment upon a jury finding that certain medical and hospital services she needed resulted from a non-occupational disease.1 Previously Mrs. Bocanegra had filed with the Industrial Accident Board a claim, which she settled, for an occupational injury. The court of civil appeals held the settlement was an election...

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