STEANS v. COMBINED INS. CO. OF AMERICA

Nos. 97-6023, 97-6123.

148 F.3d 1266 (1998)

Sarah P. STEANS, Plaintiff, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee, Elizabeth Aldridge, Cross-Defendant-Appellant, Doris Williams, Cross-Defendant. Sarah P. STEANS, Plaintiff, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee, Elizabeth Aldridge, Cross-Defendant, Doris Williams, Cross-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Finkbohner, III, Finkbohner & Lawler, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Aldridge.

James W. Lampkin, II, Pierce, Ledyard, Latta & Wasden, PC, Kathleen Cobb, Shand S. Stephens, Carr, Alford, Clausen & McDonald, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, Senior District Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, the appellants Elizabeth Aldridge and Doris Williams appeal the district court's orders prohibiting future punitive damages awards in Alabama against Combined Insurance Company of America, and enjoining them from prosecuting their claims for punitive damages in state court. We conclude that the August 19, 1996, order prohibiting future punitive damages awards was not binding on Aldridge and Williams and that Aldridge and Williams...

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