SHELTER MUT. INS. CO. v. DALE

No. 2004-CA-01023-SCT.

914 So.2d 698 (2005)

SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Shelter General Insurance Company v. George DALE, Commissioner of Insurance, State of Mississippi, and Mississippi Department of Insurance.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Henegan, Karen Livingston-Wilson, Jackson, Patrick Ryan Beckett, attorneys for appellants.

Peter W. Cleveland, Gulfport, Mary Jo Woods, attorneys for appellees.

Before COBB, P.J., CARLSON and DICKINSON, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a dispute over two proposed amendatory endorsements to automobile insurance policies submitted by two insurance companies for approval by the State Department of Insurance. The question presented is whether Mississippi law requires automobile liability policies written in Mississippi to cover punitive damages awarded against insureds.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. On April 12, 2002...

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