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AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INS. CO. v. WILLIAMSON

1921796.

681 So.2d 1040 (1995)

AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Jerry Curtis, a Vice President of American Pioneer v. Freddy J. WILLIAMSON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Overruled November 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Cash and Walter J. Price III of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for Appellants.

W. Michael Atchison and Jeffrey E. Friedman of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for Appellee.

Kenneth Wallis, Montgomery, for Amicus Curiae Association of Alabama Life Insurance Companies.

Jack Drake of Drake & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, and Bruce McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.

COOK, Justice.

The defendants appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict awarding $250,000 in compensatory damages and $3,000,000 in punitive damages to Freddy J. Williamson on his breach of contract and fraud claims against American Pioneer Life Insurance Company and Jerry Curtis, a vice president of American Pioneer. We affirm conditionally.

Freddy Williamson contracted in 1984 with American Pioneer Life ("APL") to sell its life insurance products, and...

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