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STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. v. SAWYER

86-523.

522 So.2d 248 (1988)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY and Ronald J. Lippe v. James Hollis SAWYER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Filmore and Henry B. Steagall III, Ozark, for appellants.

Steadman S. Shealy, Jr., and Joey Hornsby of Buntin & Cobb, Dothan, for appellee.

BEATTY, Justice.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and Ronald J. Lippe (hereinafter "plaintiffs") appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion for new trial, which followed a jury verdict for the defendant, James Hollis Sawyer.1 We affirm.

The plaintiffs brought this action against Sawyer for negligently or wantonly causing or allowing a fire to ignite in a residence owned by plaintiff Lippe and rented to Sawyer. The...

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