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WIGGINS v. NORTH AMERICAN EQUIT. LIFE ASSUR. CO.

No. 80-1300.

644 F.2d 1014 (1981)

Annie WIGGINS, Appellant, v. NORTH AMERICAN EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cockrell and Alonzo P. Hairston, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Robert B. Levin, Baltimore, Md. (John J. Kenny, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This suit on an insurance policy in the face amount of $8000 was instituted in a state court but removed to the district court by the insurer on the ground of diversity of citizenship with the requisite amount in controversy. The district court granted defendant's motion to strike the prayer for punitive damages but then denied plaintiff's motion to remand the case to state court. After trying the merits, non-jury, the district court awarded...

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