EVANS v. UNITED LIFE & ACC. INS. CO.

Nos. 88-3910, 88-3936.

871 F.2d 466 (1989)

Edna L. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Hampshire Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Edna L. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Hampshire Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Pearson, Jr. (Bruce T. Bishop, James C. Howell, Jill M. Mayo, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Philip Browder Morris, Ann Adams Webster (William J.G. Barnes, Browder, Russell, Morris and Butcher, P.C., Richmond, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and KNAPP, Senior Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States Life & Accident Insurance Company ("United") appeals from the denial of its motions to alter judgment, for a judgment n.o.v., or for a new trial. United submitted its motions after a jury returned a special verdict in favor of Edna L. Evans ("Mrs. Evans"), the beneficiary under a life insurance policy United issued to her husband. United argues, in effect, that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict. Mrs...

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