McGRIFF v. MINNESOTA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97-6007.

127 F.3d 1410 (1997)

Joel McGRIFF, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ollie L. Blan, Spain & Gillon, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

George L. Beck, Jr., Beck & Byrne, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge.


COX, Circuit Judge:

Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MML") appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Joel McGriff awarding $250,000 in compensatory damages for fraudulent inducement and fraudulent suppression. We vacate and remand with instructions.

I. BACKGROUND

In the fall of 1987, MML recruited Joel McGriff as an MML agent. At the time, McGriff was employed by Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, where...

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