Mobile Ins., Inc. v. Smith

These appeals stem from a judgment in a jury trial awarding Plaintiffs $61,250 in a declaratory determination construing the rights and liabilities of the respective parties under an insurance policy. Defendants Mobile Insurance, Inc., and Auto Owners Insurance Company filed separate notices of appeal on December 10, 1982. Plaintiffs cross-appealed against both Defendants, seeking reversal and a new trial on the punitive damages issue, which had been foreclosed by the trial court's grant of Defendants' motions for directed verdict on Plaintiffs' counts for fraud and bad faith. Auto Owners…