EMPLOYERS MUT. CAS. CO. v. TOMPKINS

No. 55435.

490 So.2d 897 (1986)

EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. Teresa TOMPKINS and William E. Tompkins.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Davidson, Robert T. Gordon, Jr., Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, for appellant.

James W. Nobles, Jr., C.A. Henley, Jr., Jackson, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Employers Mutual Casualty Company was sued by Teresa and William Tompkins in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on March 29, 1982. They sought to recover $50,000.00 on an uninsured motorist claim under an automobile insurance policy from Employers Mutual. They also pressed a claim for punitive damages based upon an allegation of bad faith refusal by Employers Mutual to pay pursuant to the policy...

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