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NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PITTMAN

No. 8610SC226.

348 S.E.2d 350 (1986)

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Mary Arelia PITTMAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Ragsdale, Liggett, Ray & Foley, P.A. by Peter M. Foley, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Chavis & Locklear by Kenneth E. Ransom, Lumberton, for defendant-appellee.

WELLS, Judge.

In Lovell v. Insurance Co., 302 N.C. 150, 274 S.E.2d 170 (1981), our Supreme Court recognized the right of an innocent spouse to recover on a homeowner insurance policy where the property loss is caused by the wrongful acts of the other spouse. Although Nationwide agrees that the "innocent spouse doctrine" should apply in this case, it contests the manner in which the court below calculated the defendant's recovery...

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