Legal Opinion
Charles L. Powell v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 1982No. 81-7102PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by the homeowner from a jury verdict denying him recovery against his insurance company for a fire loss which the jury found attributable to the plaintiff’s voluntary action.
It was not seriously disputed at the trial or here that the fire at the plaintiff’s home-place was of incendiary origin nor is it disputed that at the time of the fire the plaintiff was deeply indebted on a number of purchase contracts for motor vehicles and on his home mortgage, a substantial part of which was past due. The fire was first reported at 1:50 a. m. on the morning of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Charles R. Little, Cross-Appellee v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Don Burton, Inc. And Don Burton, Individually v. Aetna Life & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Russell Litherland v. Petrolane Offshore Construction Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by6 opinions
- E.J. Wilson, Dearest Davis, and Cassandra Linder, Plaintiffs v. Roland AttawayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Gwindle G. GosdinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Coats & Clark, Inc. v. Carlos G. Gay, Whirlpool Corporation v. Carlos GayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James D. Arms v. State Farm Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- James D. Arms v. State Farm Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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