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JIM SHORT FORD SALES, INC. v. WASHINGTON

78-645, 78-664.

384 So.2d 83 (1980)

JIM SHORT FORD SALES, INC. and James E. Short v. Robert L. WASHINGTON. Robert L. WASHINGTON v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrin R. Ford of Najjar & Najjar, C. Stephen Trimmier and Stephen F. Springfield, of Trimmier & Hartman, Birmingham, for appellants Jim Short Ford Sales, Inc. and James E. Short.

Grover S. McLeod, Birmingham, for appellee/appellant Robert L. Washington.

Charles Cleveland, of Gordon, Cleveland & Gordon, Birmingham, for appellee Ford Motor Credit Co.

Rehearing Denied in 78-664 May 30, 1980.

SHORES, Justice.

These cases involve an attempt by a victim of an admitted insurance fraud to recover punitive and compensatory damages. The complaint, as finally amended, alleged that defendants James E. (Jim) Short, Norman Smoake and Jim Short Ford Sales, Inc., conspired to defraud the plaintiff, Robert Washington, and the Ford Motor Credit Company knew or should have known of the conspiracy and fraudulently suppressed...

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