RIORDAN v. NATIONWIDE MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 1793, Docket 92-7160.

977 F.2d 47 (1992)

John W. RIORDAN; Jane Fox, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil A. Goldberg, Buffalo, N.Y. (Lawrence A. Schulz, Richard J. Cohen, Saperston & Day, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jonathan J. Wilkofsky, New York City (Mark L. Friedman, David B. Karel, Wilkofsky, Friedman, Karel & Cummins, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Eugene R. Anderson and Leonard W. Stewart, New York City (Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., of counsel), submitted a brief for amici curiae Beverly Brooks, et al. in support of plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: WINTER, MINER, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


MINER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company appeals from a judgment entered on January 15, 1992 after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, Ch. J.), awarding a total of $349,304.34 in damages and $174,652.17 in attorney's fees to plaintiffs-appellees John Riordan and Jane Fox (the "Riordans"). The Riordans, a married couple, commenced this action after their house...

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