(DOWNLOAD) "Estate of Riddle v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co." by United States Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Estate of Riddle v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 26, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 87 KB
Description
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 decedents life insurance application in bad faith. The defendant, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, offers two reasons why we should reverse the judgment of the district court. It argues, first, that the district court erred as a matter of law in holding that a finding of bad faith on the part of the defendant, without more, is sufficient to support a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs; and second, that the plaintiffs failed to offer sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could have found that Southern Farm reviewed the decedents application in bad faith. Although the plaintiffs are generally of the opinion that the judgment of the district court should be affirmed, they raise two arguments on cross-appeal: (1) that the district court should have applied Kentucky law, rather than federal law, in computing post-judgment interest; and (2) that they were entitled to seek punitive damages. For the following reasons, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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