Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Bryson

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company has appealed from an order granting a new trial in appellee Elaine Bryson’s action to recover on a fire insurance policy issued by appellant. At trial, appellant defended appel-lee’s claim on the ground that the property had burned as a result of arson caused by appellee or by someone on her behalf. The jury returned a verdict for appellant. The circuit judge set the verdict aside as clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. Because we agree with appellant that the circuit judge abused his discretion, we reverse.

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