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UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUAR. v. KNIGHT

No. 2001-CA-00334-SCT.

882 So.2d 85 (2004)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY v. Elizabeth KNIGHT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther T. Munford, Jackson, Charles G. Copeland, Ridgeland, Rebecca L. Hawkins, Jackson, J. Wade Sweat, attorneys for appellant.

Dana J. Swan, Ralph Edwin Chapman, Clarksdale, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a bad faith insurance case brought by Elizabeth Knight against her uninsured motorist insurance carrier, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (USF&G), following an automobile wreck. Knight claims USF&G acted in bad faith by refusing to consent to a settlement offered to her by the alleged tortfeasor's liability carrier. A Coahoma County jury agreed, and awarded Knight $5,000,000 in punitive damages...

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