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ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. JAMES

No. 87-7305.

845 F.2d 315 (1988)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman J. JAMES and Vera M. James, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Wettermark, Linda L. Collins, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Michael B. Beers, Miller & Beers, Jeffrey W. Smith, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

ATKINS, Senior District Judge:

Appellants Norman and Vera James ("the James"), defendants below, appeal from an order of the district court denying them a new trial. The motion was based upon an allegation of severe prejudice caused by counsel's closing remarks which suggested to the jury that it had the power to control the cost of insurance through a verdict for the appellee, Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"). The James also take issue with the introduction...

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