Legal Opinion
Defender Industries, Inc. v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1991No. Nos. 90-2006, 90-2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
A jury returned a verdict in favor of Defender Industries, Incorporated, awarding it actual and punitive damages in a fraud action against Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Finding that the jury properly awarded punitive damages but was excessive in the amount of its award, the district court granted a motion by Northwestern for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to the amount of the punitive damages and reduced the amount from $5,000,000 to $10,000. Defender Indus., Inc. v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co., 727 F.Supp. 252, 260 (D.S.C.1989).…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. HaslipSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Tull v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Johnson v. Oroweat Foods Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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