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VERNON FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. v. SHARP

No. 1-474A57.

316 N.E.2d 381 (1974)

VERNON FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellants, v. A.W. SHARP d/b/a Columbus Wood Preserving Company, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Gray, John T. Lorenz, Kightlinger, Young, Gray & De Trude, Indianapolis, William A. Conner, Walker & Conner, Columbus, for appellants.

Charles E. Brown, Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, Columbus, Charles R. Wells, Columbus, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellants Vernon and Great American (the insurers) are appealing from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff-appellee Sharp compensatory and punitive damages.

The four issues argued by the insurers are that the amount of compensatory damages was excessive; the award of punitive damages was error; error in rejecting evidence of Sharp's understanding of his insurance coverage and...

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