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UNDERWRITERS LIFE INS. CO. v. COBB

No. 13-86-456-CV.

746 S.W.2d 810 (1988)

UNDERWRITERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Terrell B. COBB and Wife, Edith M. Cobb, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1988.

Second Rehearing Denied March 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Black, Charles W. Blount, III, Dallas, for appellant.

Joe K. Longley, Tim Labadie, Mark Kincaid, Austin, for appellees.

Before DORSEY, UTTER and KENNEDY, JJ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

The Underwriters Life Insurance Company appeals the judgment for Terrell and Edith Cobb arising from Underwriters' refusal to pay Edith Cobb's medical claim under a medical insurance contract. After trial before a jury, the Cobbs recovered $1,088,230.00, including $1,000,000.00 in punitive damages. We order a remittitur of $500,000.00 of exemplary damages, but otherwise affirm.

In 1982, Roy Fowler became an insurance agent...

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