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LAWYERS TITLE INS. CORP. v. VELLA

88-400, 88-401, 88-402 and 88-403.

570 So.2d 578 (1990)

LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION v. John H. VELLA and Elizabeth Ann Vella. ROBERTS BROTHERS, INC. v. John H. VELLA and Elizabeth Ann Vella. John H. VELLA and Elizabeth Ann Vella v. LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION and Realty Title Company. REALTY TITLE COMPANY v. John H. VELLA and Elizabeth Ann Vella.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Clute, Jr. and Barry L. Thompson of Silver & Voit, Mobile, for appellant/cross-appellee Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.

A. Danner Frazer, Jr. and William H. Philpot, Jr. of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellant Roberts Bros., Inc.

Vincent F. Kilborn, Mobile, for appellant/cross-appellees John H. & Elizabeth Ann Vella.

Irvin J. Langford of Howell, Johnston, Langford & Watters, Mobile, for appellant/cross-appellee Realty Title Co.

John E. Pilcher of Pilcher & Pilcher, Selma, for amicus curiae First American Title Ins. Co. in support of application for rehearing.

Jesse P. Evans, III and Walter F. McArdle of Najjar, Denaburg, Meyerson, Zarzaur, Max, Wright & Schwartz, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Ticor Title Ins. Co. in support of application for rehearing.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The defendants—Roberts Brothers, Inc. ("Roberts"), Realty Title Company ("Realty"), and Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation ("Lawyers")—appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, John H. Vella and Elizabeth Ann Vella. The jury awarded the Vellas compensatory damages in the amount of $100,000 against all defendants and assessed punitive damages in the amount...

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