Reserve Insurance Co. v. Smith

Banke, Judge.

The appellee, William Warren Smith, won a jury .verdict against the appellant, Reserve Insurance Company, for damages arising out of the loss of his mobile home by fire. He was also awarded attorney fees and a bad faith penalty. The appellant appeals the denial of its motion for new trial.

The appellee’s trailer was burned by two arsonists (both of whom subsequently died because of severe burns sustained at the scene of the fire) on August 19,1975. They claimed to have been acting under instructions from the appellee. The appellee was arrested and charged with arson on August 19,…