Sutton v. Northern Insurance Co. of New York

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant Northern Insurance Company of New York (Northern) for partial summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages. Plaintiff James Sutton filed timely response to the motion. The court, having considered the memoran-da with attachments submitted by the parties, is of the opinion that Northern’s motion should be granted.

Northern was the insurer of a house owned by plaintiff at 207 Valley Street in Jackson, Mississippi. On October 19, 1986, the Jackson Fire Department…