Legal Opinion
Anna Rue Camp and John E. Venn, as Trustee of the Estate of Fariss D. Kimbell, Jr., M.D. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 16, 1992No. 91-3213PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This diversity case involves the intersection of insurance bad faith law and bankruptcy law. The defendant, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“St. Paul”), is the insurer of Dr. Fariss Kimbell, a neurosurgeon who became bankrupt in late 1986. After the bankruptcy, Dr. Kim-bell was found liable for medical malpractice in his treatment of plaintiff Anna Rue Camp. The jury returned a verdict of more than three million dollars, well in excess of Dr. Kimbell’s $250,000 policy limits. After the verdict, Camp joined the trustee of Kimbell’s bankruptcy estate, plaintiff…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kerr Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Melville Harris, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Leonard Massello and William Massello v. Standard Accident and Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Fidelity and Cas. Co. of New York v. CopeSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Ganaway v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1990
- Torrez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Venn v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Camp v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1993
- Camp v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- In Re FarkasUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2006
- Venn v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.District Court, N.D. Florida · 1994
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