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TUTOR v. RANGER INS. CO.

No. 86-4725.

804 F.2d 1395 (1986)

R.V. TUTOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY, Sovereign Marine and General Insurance Company, Limited and Ranger Insurance Managers, Inc., d/b/a Ranger-Allied Underwriters, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone & Sams, John S. Hill, Tupelo, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Ethridge, Grisham & Goza, Shelby D. Goza, Oxford, Miss., for Sovereign Marine and GE. Ins. Co.

Cliff R. Easley, Jr., Bruce, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Ranger Insurance Company ("Ranger") appeals the district court's refusal to grant a directed verdict or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict on R.V. Tutor's claim for compensatory and punitive damages arising out of an alleged breach of an insurance contract. For the reasons that follow, we reverse in part.

I.

On November 2, 1982, Tutor, as insured, entered into a contract for insurance with Ranger covering Tutor's 1980 Timberjack model...

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