STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO. v. OWEN

No. 1961950.

729 So.2d 834 (1998)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY v. Katherine K. OWEN.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Opinion Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Micheal S. Jackson and Michael B. Beers of Beers, Anderson, Jackson, Hughes & Patty, P.C., Montgomery, for appellant.

Toby D. Brown and David G. Wirtes, Jr., of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance & Brown, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellee.


HOOPER, Chief Justice.

The defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff Katherine Owen $1,339 in compensatory damages and $130,000 in punitive damages for fraudulent suppression. Owen's claim arose from the sale of a State Farm personal articles insurance policy by State Farm's agent George Jones. State Farm argues that the trial court erred in denying its renewal of the motion for a judgment...

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