Cypress Farms, Inc. v. Employer's Life Insurance Company of America

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Cypress Farms, Inc., an Arkansas corporation, instituted this action as beneficiary of a $100,000 accident insurance policy on the life of decedent, Glenn U. Miller, against defendant-appellee, Employer’s Life Insurance Company of America, a Delaware Corporation. From judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict, Cy press Farms appeals. Two issues are now before us:

I. Whether the jury was properly instructed as to applicable Arkansas law, and

II. Whether the trial court erred by allowing opinion testimony of an expert witness in connection with…