DIAL v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

No. 85-4260. Summary Calendar.

780 F.2d 520 (1986)

Milton Rawley DIAL, Jr., and Vickie Dial, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Everette Boutwell, Laurel, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Watkins & Eager, Richard T. Lawrence, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case is an appeal of a jury verdict for the defendant insurance company, rejecting the insureds' policy claim based on the fire-loss of their house and contents. The issues raised by the insureds, Milton Rawley Dial, Jr., and Vickie Dial, are whether the district court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence of fires that occurred after the fire that destroyed their house; whether the district court erred in failing to direct...

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