Legal Opinion
Kilpatrick Marine Piling, a Partnership, and Savannah Bank and Trust Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1986No. 85-8822PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the insured on a claim under a marine hull insurance policy. The jury, answering special interrogatories, found that the insured vessel sank as a result of a peril of the sea (or peril of the waters); that appellee, the insured, made no material misrepresentations in obtaining the policy; that appellant, the insurer, acted in bad faith in refusing to pay the claim; that this bad faith refusal to pay entitled appellee to $15,600 as a statutory penalty and $14,055.11 as attorney’s…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office v. Spot Pack, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Tropical Marine Products, Inc. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by40 opinions
- AIG Baker Sterling Heights, LLC v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- John S. Pace v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Smith v. American International Life Assurance Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Employers Insurance of Wausau, in Its Own Right, and as Representative of Those Certain American Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate No. 14880, Etc. v. Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Westwind Maritime International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
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