KNOTT v. PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

No. 11-00-00243-CV.

70 S.W.3d 924 (2002)

Dr. James KNOTT, M.D., Appellant, v. THE PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY and Debra Lucille Townley, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Ellis Garland Gatlin, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Overruled April 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben C. Martin, T. King Fifer, Law Offices of Ben C. Martin, Dallas, for Appellant.

Andrew C. Whitaker, Mark T. Davenport, Figari, Davenport & Graves, Dallas, Thomas L. Fiedler, Mark Alexander, Patrick C. Frank, Fiedler, Akin, Frank & Carlton, P.C., Dallas, for Appellees.

Panel consists of ARNOT, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., and McCALL, J.


W.G. ARNOT, III, Chief Justice.

Opinion

This appeal concerns a claim for benefits under two disability insurance policies issued by The Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (Provident). Dr. James Knott, M.D., an obstetrician/gynecologist, purchased the disability insurance policies in the 1970s from his insurance agent, Ellis Garland Gatlin, deceased. Dr. Knott received total disability benefits under...

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