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ESTATE OF RIDDLE v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE

Nos. 02-6461, 03-5083.

421 F.3d 400 (2005)

ESTATE OF Kenneth Stewart RIDDLE, by and through its Co-Administrators, Saskia Jolene RIDDLE and Kenneth Stewart Riddle, Jr., Saskia Jolene Riddle and Kenneth Stewart Riddle, Jr., Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Wayne J. Carroll, Mackenzie & Peden, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Michael L. Harris, Harris & Harris, Columbia, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Wayne J. Carroll, Mackenzie & Peden, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Michael L. Harris, Harris & Harris, Columbia, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: RYAN, DAUGHTREY, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

RYAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined.

DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 410-417), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action under Kentucky law in which the district court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs after a jury found that the defendant had reviewed the decedent's life insurance application in bad faith. The defendant, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance...

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