STEPHENS v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF U.S.

No. 2002-CA-00498-SCT.

850 So.2d 78 (2003)

Milton STEPHENS, Helen S. Stephens and Henry E. Palmer v. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES and George C. Bell.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Precious Tyrone Martin, Jackson, attorney for appellants.

Robert L. Gibbs, Anne Clarke Sanders, Amy Manderson Klotz, Claire W. Ketner, Sheldon G. Alston, David A. Barfield, Andrea La'Verne Ford Edney, Lara A. Coleman, Richard D. Gamblin, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.


EASLEY, J., for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. This case involves a claim of alleged fraud and oral misrepresentations of certain life insurance policies issued in 1972.1 The policies had alleged "vanishing premiums." The issue before this Court concerns whether the trial court correctly dismissed the suit pursuant to the statutes of limitation.

¶ 2. On November 26, 2001, the plaintiffs Milton Stephens...

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