Laroche Industries, Inc. v. AIG Risk Management, Inc.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case the district court granted the defendant-insurers’ JNOV motion, effectively reversing the jury’s finding that the insurers committed the tort of conversion under Georgia law and the jury’s punitive damages award based thereon. However, the district court refused to grant the defendants’ JNOV motion with respect to the jury’s award to the plaintiff-insured of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. We find that the district court correctly held the defendants’ conduct not to constitute conversion, and we AFFIRM its JNOV order. Additionally, we…