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POWERS v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. J86-0522(B).

664 F.Supp. 252 (1987)

James Lamar POWERS, Plaintiff, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

July 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Steele and Frank H. Shaw, Jr., Kosciusko, Miss., William C. Walker, Jr., University, Miss., for plaintiff.

John B. Clark and S. Mark Wann, Jackson, Miss., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

The Court has before it the Motion of The Travelers Insurance Company to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, to Stay Proceedings in this action for bad-faith refusal to pay workers' compensation insurance benefits. The Court holds first that the action was properly removed to federal court. The Court holds next that the bad-faith claim may not proceed before the validity of the underlying compensation claim...

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