Legal Opinion
James F. Barnett v. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1977No. 76-1367 and 76-1518PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
This suit was tried as an action for fraud based on an application for conversion of a policy brought against the defendant, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, by one of its former selling agents. The plaintiff had been an agent for defendant for some eleven years, and had worked for its parent company before that.
The complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages. The case was tried to a jury, defendant moved for a directed verdict which was denied, the case was submitted and the jury awarded plaintiff compensatory damages, and also punitive damages. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Robert Fred Swearngin v. Sears Roebuck & Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Earl E. Taylor and Ruth E. Taylor, His Wife v. National Trailer Convoy, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation v. Thomas W. Howell and Dorothy Howell, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Therle Oldenburg v. Boyce Robertson ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Thomas D. Joyce v. Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for Penn Square Bank, N.A. v. Myron J. PalermoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Century Laminating, Ltd. v. Steven H. Montgomery, Individually and D/B/A Laminating Company of Colorado, and D/B/A American Laminating CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Key v. Liquid Energy Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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