MISSISSIPPI INS. GUAR. ASS'N v. VAUGHN

No. 57905.

529 So.2d 540 (1988)

MISSISSIPPI INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION v. Richard H. VAUGHN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.N. Parkins, III, John L. Low, IV, Robert H. Pedersen, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellant.

Robert L. Wells, Young, Scanlon & Sessums, Jackson, for appellee.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Paul R. Knighten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for amicus curiae.

En Banc.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appeal asks whether the insured under a major medical insurance policy is protected from his insurer's insolvency by the Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association Law. Careful attention to the coverage section of the law requires a negative response, that is, that the statutory language excludes from coverage the policy presented. As the Circuit Court held to the contrary, we reverse and render.

II...

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