Crookston v. Fire Insurance Exchange

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

This case is before us for the second time. In the first appeal, Crookston v. Fire Insurance Exchange, 817 P.2d 789, 806 (Utah 1991) (Crookston I), we affirmed a jury finding of fraud against defendant Fire Insurance Exchange and an award of $815,826 in compensatory damages to plaintiffs Spencer Larry Crookston and Randi Lynn Crookston. However, we also vacated the trial court’s denial of a motion by Fire Insurance for a new trial based on its claim that the $4,000,000 punitive damage award was excessive. Id. at 808. We remanded that motion so that the trial court could…