Malek v. Federal Insurance

MINER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees Eliezer Moshe Malek and Malke Malek (“the Ma-leks”) appeal from a judgment entered after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Gagliardi, J.) dismissing their complaint. The Maleks, a married couple, commenced this action to recover the proceeds of their fire insurance policy after defendant-appel-*51lee-cross-appellant Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”) rejected their claim. The district court dismissed the Maleks’ complaint after the jury returned a verdict, the jury having found…