HAYSEEDS, INC. v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS.

No. 16782.

352 S.E.2d 73 (1986)

HAYSEEDS, INC. v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Watson, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, for appellant.

Raymond H. Yackel, Oliver & Yackel, Morgantown, James M. Casey, Musgrave, Musgrave & Casey, Pt. Pleasant, for appellee.


NEELY, Justice.

This case involves a suit by a policyholder against an insurance company to recover the value of a burned building. We granted the appeal because we initially shared the defendant's anxiety that the jury's verdict might have been contrary to the evidence and to clarify our rules on attorneys' fees and punitive damages in property damage cases involving insurance companies. After examining the record we conclude that the jury's verdict for the insured...

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