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ROWORTH v. MINNESOTA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 81-1396.

674 F.2d 756 (1982)

F. A. ROWORTH, Appellant, v. MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation, and Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, Laura S. Underkuffler, O. C. Adamson, II, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Hvass, Weisman & King, Chartered, Richard A. Williams, Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, Senior District Judge.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

F. A. Roworth appeals from a directed verdict entered in the District Court1 for the District of Minnesota dismissing his complaint seeking punitive damages against Northwest Airlines, Inc.2 on the basis of an alleged conversion of insurance proceeds. For reversal appellant argues that the district court erred in refusing to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. In response...

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