AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSUR. CO. v. U.S. FIRE CO.

No. 88-8755.

885 F.2d 826 (1989)

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, a Georgia Corp., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIRE COMPANY, and Boston Old Colony Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Hufft, Kansas City, Mo., H. Baxter Harcourt, Columbus, Ga., for Boston Old Colony Ins. Co.

John W. Denney, Bradford C. Dodds, Kelly, Denney, Pease & Allison, Columbus, Ga., for U.S. Fire Co.

Forrest L. Champion, Jr., Champion & Champion, Albert W. Stubbs, Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case arises on appeal from the entry of judgment after a jury trial in favor of the plaintiff, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia ("American Family"), against two insurance companies, on claims brought under Georgia law for attorney's fees incurred by American Family in defense of a Missouri suit alleging American Family had engaged in malicious prosecution, for attorney's fees incurred in suits to recover these...

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