Legal Opinion
John W. Riordan Jane Fox v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 21, 1993No. 1793, Docket 92-7160PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company appealed from a judgment entered on January 15, 1992 after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, Ch.J.) awarding a total of $349,304.34 in damages, including $150,000 for punitive damages, and $174,652.17 in attorney’s fees to plaintiffs John Riordan and Jane Fox. Nationwide argued, inter alia, that N.Y.Ins.Law § 2601, providing the Commissioner of Insurance with a range of administrative remedies, preempted a private claim for punitive damages against an insurance company; that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- John W. Riordan Jane Fox v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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