RIORDAN v. NATIONWIDE MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 1793, Docket 92-7160.

984 F.2d 69 (1993)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil A. Goldberg, Buffalo, NY (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.

Before WINTER, MINER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company appealed 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, including $150,000 for punitive damages, and $174,652.17 in attorney's fees to plaintiffs John Riordan and Jane Fox. Nationwide argued, inter alia, that N.Y.Ins.Law § 2601, providing...

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