· 9/6/2013
Hortica-Florists' Mutual Ins. v. Pittman Nursery Corporation
Citations
- 729 F.3d 846
- 2013 WL 4766842
How courts have described this case
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- finding that “[pJunitive damages are appropriate to deter bad faith by insurance companies,” and absent evidence of bad faith, punitive damages are not available
- observing that in diversity cases, “[s]tate law governing attorneys’ fees is generally ‘substantive’”
- failing to adequately develop an argument in support of alleged error amounts to abandonment
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Judges: Benton, Bye, Riley
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