AETNA CAS. AND SUR. CO., INC. v. BEGGS

86-1035.

525 So.2d 1350 (1988)

AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, INC. v. Norma Jean BEGGS, individually and as administratrix of the Estate of James Monroe Beggs, Jr., deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Clark and Lynn Baxley Ault of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, and Margaret L. Fleming and Barry N. McCrary, Talladega, for appellant.

Betty C. Love of Love, Love & Love, Talladega, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court's refusal to grant the motion of Aetna Casualty and Surety Company ("Aetna") for JNOV or in the alternative for a new trial. The jury awarded Norma Jean Beggs, individually and as administratrix of the estate of James Monroe Beggs, Jr., (plaintiff) $100,000 for the tort of bad faith failure to pay her claim for uninsured motorist benefits.

The plaintiff's husband was killed in an accident with an uninsured...

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