STATE FARM LIFE INS. CO. v. BEASTON

No. D-4454.

907 S.W.2d 430 (1995)

STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Ted H. Heaton, III, Petitioners, v. Terri BEASTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Delivered June 29, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled October 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry G. Black and Ranelle M. Meroney, Austin, for petitioners.

Mark L. Kincaid, Joe K. Longley and Philip K. Maxwell, Austin, for respondent.


OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court in which GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN, and ENOCH, Justices, join.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and SPECTOR, Justice, join in Parts III, IV, and V.

We are called upon to interpret the terms of a life insurance policy and to decide whether a plaintiff can recover mental anguish damages from an insurance company for a violation of Article 21.21 of the Texas Insurance Code absent a finding that the defendant acted knowingly...

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