Legal Opinion
Estate of Riddle Ex Rel. Riddle v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2005No. 02-6461, 03-5083PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J., joined by Clay, J.,
DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 410-417), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity action under Kentucky law in which the district court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs after a jury found that the defendant had reviewed the decedent’s life insurance application in bad faith. The defendant, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, offers two reasons why we should reverse the judgment of the district court. It argues, first, that the district court erred as a matter of law in holding that a finding of bad faith on the part of the defendant,…
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