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INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. MUSA

Nos. 84-1758, 84-1759.

785 F.2d 370 (1986)

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Hassan A. MUSA, Defendant, Appellee. Appeal of Jamal A. MUSA, D/B/A Bargain Shop, Defendant, Appellant. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Hassan A. MUSA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Anduze Montano, Santurce, P.R., for appellant Jamal A. Musa d/b/a Bargain Shop and appellees Hassan A. Musa, et al.

Charles A. Cordero with whom Cordero, Colon & Miranda, Old San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for Insurance Co. of North America.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a civil suit brought by the Insurance Company of North America (INA), in which it claims that defendants Jamal and Hassan Musa deliberately set fire to their store in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in order to collect insurance proceeds. A jury found for the defendants on certain key matters. On this appeal we basically must decide whether the evidence supporting INA was so overwhelming that the district court should have directed...

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