WEEMS v. JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE INS. CO., INC.

No. 1920981.

663 So.2d 905 (1995)

Willard WEEMS and Julia Weems v. JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Willson Jenkins of Jester & Jenkins, Florence, for appellants.

A. Stewart O'Bannon III of O'Bannon and O'Bannon, Florence, for appellees.


COOK, Justice.

Willard and Julia Weems appeal from a summary judgment entered against them in their action against Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company, Inc. ("Jefferson-Pilot"), in which they seek compensatory and punitive damages, based on Jefferson-Pilot's failure to pay a claim for insurance benefits. We affirm in part; reverse in part; and remand.

The following facts are essentially undisputed. In 1988, A.C. Johnson Trucking Company ("Johnson"), employed...

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