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UNION L.P. GAS SYS. v. INTERN. SURPLUS LINES INS.

No. 88-1947.

869 F.2d 1109 (1989)

UNION L.P. GAS SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Lynn Myers, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

John G. Newberry, Springfield, Mo., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This declaratory judgment action concerns a dispute over insurance coverage for payment of punitive damages. The district court1 found that the policy in issue did not provide coverage. We affirm, based on the language of the insurance contract.

A jury returned a verdict of $1,228,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages against Union L.P. Gas (Union) after the company was involved in...

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