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UNIVERSAL LIFE INS. CO. v. VEASLEY

No. 07-CA-59316.

610 So.2d 290 (1992)

UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Martha VEASLEY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1992.

Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing December 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Melvin, Billie J. Graham, Len Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, for appellant.

John M. Deakle, Hattiesburg, Charles G. Blackwell, James M. Brown, Laurel, for appellee.

Paul S. Minor, Minor & Guice, Biloxi, for amicus curiae.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BANKS, JJ.

Dissenting Opinion by Justice McRae on Denial of Rehearing December 31, 1992.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

I

The primary question put to the Court in this matter is whether the failure to honor a claim without justification is a sufficient circumstance to support an award of punitive damages in the absence of evidence that the failure was willful or caused by any thing other than simple negligence, where...

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