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Federal appeals court vacates punitive damages award in Katrina insurance case

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Monday reversed and vacated [PDF opinion] a jury award of $2.5 million in punitive damages awarded to a Mississippi couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] and later sued State Farm Insurance for rejecting their homeowner insurance claim. The presiding district judge, US District Judge L. T.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 08, 2008 (boomark / email).

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