Shirley M. Tucker, Cross-Appellant v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Cross-Appellee

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This case turns on the interpretation of a clause in an automobile insurance policy. The district court held that the clause in dispute reduced the uninsured motorist limit below that which Mississippi law requires, 609 F.Supp. 1574. We disagree with this interpretation of the policy and modify the compensatory damage award and reverse the award of punitive damages.

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Shirley M. Tucker suffered injuries on January 8, 1983, in an automobile accident caused solely by an uninsured motorist. On that date, Mrs. Tucker was insured by Aetna Casualty & Surety Company…