PEEL v. AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSUR. CO.

No. 81-4104.

680 F.2d 374 (1982)

Barbara R. PEEL, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross Appellee, v. AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, and Does I through X, inclusive, Defendant-Appellee Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Dornan, Jr., William L. Denton, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant cross appellee.

James N. Compton, Lisa Paige Binder, Carter O. Bise, Biloxi, Miss., for defendant-appellee cross appellant.

Before GEE, RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Mrs. Barbara Peel, then a Mississippi school teacher, obtained a disability insurance policy from American Fidelity Assurance Company in 1971. Under its terms, disability due to illness yielded two years in benefits while disability arising from an accident led to lifetime benefits.

In 1973, American Fidelity and the Mississippi Education Association (MEA) changed the terms of the group policy under which...

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