Steans v. Combined Insurance Co. of America

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, the appellants Elizabeth Al-dridge and Doi'is Williams appeal the district court’s orders prohibiting future punitive damages awards in Alabama against Combined Insurance Company of America, and enjoining them from prosecuting their claims for punitive damages in state court. We conclude that the August 19, 1996, order prohibiting future punitive damages awards was not binding on Aldridge and Williams and that Aldridge and Williams did not have a full and fair opportunity to litigate the orders enjoining their state court claims for punitive damages. We…