8th Circuit Vacates Verdict Against Insurer Over Refusal To Pay Claim

Mealey's (April 19, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 16 vacated a jury verdict against an insurer for vexatious failure to pay a claim filed by a couple the company accused of intentionally starting a fire, finding that the trial court judge erred by excluding evidence of the man’ prior convictions for three felonies....