Opinion ID: 1109550
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: is cossitt entitled to medical benefits under her policy of insurance?

Text: Cossitt's argument here is really over the amount of benefits due, not the fact of benefits being due. However, there is absolutely nothing in the record to indicate that this point was raised, developed or decided by the lower court on summary judgment. The lower court ruled on two questions  whether the tortfeasor was an insured, and whether Federated Guaranty acted in bad faith in failing to make uninsured motorists and medical benefit payments. Further, all of the evidence developed in the lower court concerned these two issues. Whatever the reason, there is no record for appeal concerning the issue of the amount of medical payments actually owed under the Cossitt policy. It is an elementary and familiar rule that we sit to review actions of the lower courts, and we will not undertake to consider matters which do not appear of record in the lower court, absent unusual circumstances. Educational Placement Services v. Wilson, 487 So.2d 1316, 1320 (Miss. 1986). Consequently, this issue is not properly before this Court.