WESTBROOK v. SAFECO LIFE INS. CO.

No. 89-8245.

908 F.2d 927 (1990)

Judie Fay WESTBROOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAFECO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adele Grubbs, Lynn M. Stevens, Marietta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Christina A. Craddock, John V. Burch, Bovic, Kyle and Burch, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Judie Fay Westbrook, executrix for Ernest Westbrook's (the decedent's) estate, brought this suit against Safeco Life Insurance Company (Safeco) to recover disability benefits under an accident insurance policy held by Lockheed Corporation, the decedent's employer. Westbrook also alleged that coverage had been denied by Safeco in bad faith and therefore sought statutory and punitive damages. The district court directed verdicts on both the bad faith claim...

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