LEWIS v. EQUITY NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 91-CA-00803.

637 So.2d 183 (1994)

Florence M. LEWIS v. EQUITY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Ron Farmer.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Lewis, Lewis & Lewis, Nancy Allen Wegener, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Calvin L. Wells, Michael Farrell, Wells Moore, Simmons and Neeld, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a July 23, 1991, order of the Humphreys County Circuit Court granting Equity National Life Insurance Company's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages in a refusal to pay insurance benefits case. A jury found that Equity National and its agent, Ron Farmer, were liable to Florence Lewis for contractual damages in the amount of $200.00 after the insurer refused to pay benefits under...

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