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USAA LIFE INS. CO. v. BOYCE

No. 87-178.

745 S.W.2d 136 (1988)

294 Ark. 575

USAA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. Sam H. BOYCE, Administrator of the Estate of Jimmy Richard Norris, Deceased, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill H. Walmsley, Batesville, for appellant.

Boyce Y. Boyce, Newport, for appellee.

WILLIAM G. WRIGHT, Special Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by USAA Life Insurance Company from the trial court's award of 12% penalty and attorneys' fees. The insured, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army stationed in Georgia, was shot to death on November 13, 1980. His wife, who was the primary beneficiary of the three life insurance policies at issue, was convicted of murdering her husband. The conviction was affirmed on appeal by the Georgia Supreme Court. The...

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