SHERRIN v. NORTHWESTERN NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 92-6107.

2 F.3d 373 (1993)

Lezlie SHERRIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy G. Robinson, Mobile, AL, for appellant.

C.S. Chielpalich, Richard Beckish, Mobile, AL, and Conrad S.P. Williams, III, New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Before ANDERSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant-Appellant, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company ["Northwestern"], appeals from the entry of a judgment following a jury verdict for $50,000 in compensatory damages and $150,000 in punitive damages. Plaintiff-Appellee, Lezlie Sherrin, has filed a counterappeal as to certain rulings by the district court. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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