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AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. DAY

No. 55283.

487 So.2d 830 (1986)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. Charles M. DAY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary E. Bufkin, Jim Bullock, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, for appellant.

William Waller, Sr., Waller & Waller, Arlin C. Ruthven, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

At issue in this lawsuit is the propriety of an award of punitive damages on an insurance contract claim where it is alleged an insurance company intentionally refused to pay a valid claim with reasonable promptness. Charles M. Day (hereinafter referred to as Day) sued his insurance carrier, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, (hereinafter Aetna) for tortious breach of contract in the First Judicial District of Hinds County.

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