Legal Opinion
Gayle Capstick v. Allstate Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1993No. 91-7088PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.
The Plaintiff-Appellee Gayle Capstick filed this case against his automobile insurer, Defendant-Appellant Allstate Insurance Company, for damages for breach of contract, and bad faith refusal to pay an insurance claim after his auto was totally destroyed in a fire on January 11,1990. By letter dated February 16, 1990, Allstate refused to pay the claim, telling Capstick that the “fire appears to be of incendiary origin for which you are responsible.”
A jury awarded Capstick compensatory damages of $1,500 on his contract claim, and $3,000 consequential…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. HaslipSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Osterneck v. Ernst & WhinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Diana L. Mason, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Otis W. Mason, Deceased v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Jung Ja Malandris v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Timmons v. Royal Globe Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Jaclyn G. Oulds, an Individual v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., an Iowa Corporation and Principal Financial Group, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Mark MacSenti and Cross v. Jon D. Becker, D.D.S. And Cross-Appellee, Heather DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Crowe v. BolducCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Gilbert v. Security Finance Corp. of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
- Bannister v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
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