Legal Opinion
Daniel P. Bierle Karen J. Bierle v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1993No. 92-2256PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Daniel and Karen Bierle, husband and wife, were awarded $5000 in actual damages and $25,000 in punitive damages after a jury in this diversity action found in their favor on their claims of bad faith against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The District Court 1 granted Liberty Mutual’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on the portion of the jury verdict awarding the Bierles punitive damages. Bierle v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 792 F.Supp. 687 (D.S.D.1992). The Bierles appeal the court’s action on the punitive damages award, and also, for the first time in any court,…
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