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AUTO OWNERS INS. CO. v. BASS

No. 80-7741.

684 F.2d 764 (1982)

AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a Michigan Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John David BASS and Gloria Jean Bass, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hornsby & Schmitt, Steven F. Schmitt, Tallassee, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Lloyd, Ennis & Lloyd, John T. Ennis, Sr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, MERRITT and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

This is an Alabama diversity suit by Auto Owners Insurance Company against its insureds John David Bass and Gloria Jean Bass seeking to recover amounts it had paid to loss payees for a fire loss on the Bass home and also claiming punitive damages for fraud by the Basses. The precise allegations are significant and will be discussed later in this opinion, but, described in general terms, Auto Owners asserted that John Bass intentionally burned...

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