Legal Opinion
Bankers Life & Casualty Company v. C. M. Kirtley, Trustee in Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of Automatic Washer Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1962No. 16930_1PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Bankers Life & Casualty Company, hereinafter called Bankers, from a judgment entered against it based upon a jury verdict for $1,056,250. Of this amount, $406,250 was for compensatory damages and $650,-000 was for exemplary damages.
The plaintiff is trustee of Automatic Washer Company by virtue of appointment made on November 2, 1956, in a corporate reorganization proceeding under Chapter X of the National Bankruptcy Act pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Automatic Washer Company is a Delaware…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Pendergrass v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- Myzel v. FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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- Adams v. MurakamiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Aalco Wrecking Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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