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WEST v. WESTERN CAS. AND SUR. CO.

No. 87-1938.

846 F.2d 387 (1988)

Paul Benjamin WEST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The WESTERN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Leskera, Dunham, Bowman & Leskera, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Jerome Mirza, Jerome Mirza & Assoc., Ltd., Bloomington, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 23, 1988.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, the Western Casualty and Surety Company (Western) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Paul West, the appellee, in the amount of $3 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages. Mr. West sued Western, his employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier, claiming that it committed fraud by deceiving him about his rights under the...

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