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POLK v. DIXIE INS. CO.

No. 88-4737 Summary Calendar.

897 F.2d 1346 (1990)

James L. POLK and Mattie B. Polk, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIXIE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide, Tupelo, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Suzanne Saunders, Sheila R. Fortenberry, Saunders, Abel & Fortenberry, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is a Mississippi law diversity suit brought in January 1987 by plaintiffs-appellants James L. Polk (Polk) and Mattie B. Polk against defendant-appellee Dixie Insurance Company (Dixie), the insurer of Polk's 1981 Cadillac Seville which was totally destroyed in a July 31, 1986 fire, for insurance policy proceeds due for the loss of the car and for punitive damages for bad faith denial of the claim. Dixie defended on the grounds of arson...

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