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UNITED INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. COPE

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630 So.2d 407 (1993)

UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. Fred COPE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Franklin and M. Christian King of Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, and James H. Anderson of Beers, Anderson, Jackson & Smith, Montgomery, for appellant.

Lynn W. Jinks III and L. Bernard Smithart of Jinks, Smithart & Jackson, Union Springs, and Frank M. Wilson and Julia A. Beasley of Beasley, Wilson, Allen, Main & Crow, P.C., Montgomery, for appellee.

SHORES, Justice.

Fred Cope sued United Insurance Company of America ("United"), alleging a bad faith refusal to pay, and a bad faith refusal to investigate, a $160 claim arising under a cancer policy. The jury, by a general verdict, found in favor of Cope and awarded him $1,000,000 in compensatory damages and $3,000,000 in punitive damages. The Circuit Court of Bullock County entered a judgment on the verdict. United appeals. We reverse and remand.

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