Palmer v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

The Defendant has appealed from a jury verdict for the Plaintiffs on a fire insurance policy for fire damage to a residence which Defendant insists was incindiary.

The Plaintiffs-Appellees, David E. Palmer and wife, Dorothy J. Palmer, filed suit against the Defendant-Appellant, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, on a fire insurance policy which the Defendant had issued on the Plaintiffs’ residence. The complaint alleged the Plaintiffs’ home was destroyed by fire on March 20, 1982, and at the time of the fire the Defendant had in force a fire insurance policy…