Shadwrick v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

KENNEDY, Justice.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (“State Farm”) filed an action against Catherine Shadwrick, seeking a judgment declaring that Shadwrick committed arson by burning her house and that it was therefore not obligated to pay Shadwrick any proceeds from her homeowner’s insurance policy. At the close of State Farm’s case, Shadwrick made a motion for a directed verdict based on the alleged insufficiency of State Farm’s evidence.

The jury returned a verdict for State Farm, and in its order entering judgment on the verdict the trial court stated that State Farm had “no obligation…