Legal Opinion

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Portia Scott

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 23, 2007No. 06-1626PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”) filed a declaratory judgment action against Portia Scott, seeking a declaration that its first-party property insurance policy afforded no coverage for fire damage to Scott’s house and personal property. At the close of evidence, the district court 1 granted Liberty Mutual’s motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50 for judgment as a matter of law. Scott subsequently filed a motion for a new trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59, which the district court denied. Scott appeals, arguing…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Athanasios Konstantinidis and Vasiliki Konstantinidis, His Wife v. C. N. Chen, M. DCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  2. Monterey Development Corporation v. Lawyer's Title Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  3. Childers v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Matrix Group Limited, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Rawlings Sporting Goods Company K2, Inc., Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees. Matrix Group Limited, Inc., a Florida Corporation With a Principal Place of Business in Safety Harbor, County of Pinellas, State of Florida, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation With a Principal Place of Business in Fenton, County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  5. State Ex Rel. KelCor, Inc. v. Nooney Realty Trust, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1998

3Cited by32 opinions

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  3. Christine Winter v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  4. Hinz v. Neuroscience, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. Jimmy Letterman v. Steven LammersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017

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