Legal Opinion
The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Gwindle G. Gosdin
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1986No. 85-8781PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
In this typical fire insurance case in which the insurance company claimed that the policyholder committed arson, the policyholder appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the company. In its action for declaratory judgment to settle all claims on the policy, the company presented no direct evidence linking the policyholder to the fire, but did mount a case of circumstantial evidence that would permit the jury to return a verdict in its favor. Beyond the evidence relating to the arson, however, the insurance company presented, in its opening case as plaintiff, evidence of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Francis J. McQueeney v. Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee, and Anndep Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- James M. O'ReaR v. Fruehauf Corporation, Defendant-Third-Party Fruehauf Distributing Company v. G. G. Espinoza, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Robert HADDAD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCKHEED CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- June T. Perry v. State Farm Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Allstate Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counterclaim v. Terry Swann and Pamela Swann, Donald L. Rayburn, Defendant-CounterclaimCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Fred De La MataCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Peat, Inc. v. Vanguard Research, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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