Legal Opinion
Auto Owners Insurance Company, a Michigan Corporation v. John David Bass and Gloria Jean Bass
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1982No. 80-7741PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
This is an Alabama diversity suit by Auto Owners Insurance Company against its insureds John David Bass and Gloria Jean Bass seeking to recover amounts it had paid to loss payees for a fire loss on the Bass home and also claiming punitive damages for fraud by the Basses. The precise allegations are significant and will be discussed later in this opinion, but, described in general terms, Auto Owners asserted that John Bass intentionally burned the home and made false and fraudulent claims and statements concerning both the fire and the losses incurred. It charged that…
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- Johnson v. William C. Ellis & Sons Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Reynolds Bros. Lumber Co. v. W. S. Newell Construction Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- United States v. Certain Land in the City of Fort Worth, County of Tarrant, State of Texas, and Mary C. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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