DAVIS v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 90-6466, 91-5048.

956 F.2d 120 (1992)

Michael D. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Cigna Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1992.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stephen Doughty, Bussart, Buffaloe & Doughty, Nashville, Tenn. (argued and briefed), for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas P. Kanaday, Jr., James G. Ramsey (briefed), Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, Nashville, Tenn., Gregory B. Tobin, Philadelphia, Pa., (argued and briefed) for defendants-appellants.

Before KEITH and NELSON, Circuit Judges, HOOD, District Judge.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Connecticut General Life Insurance Company ("Connecticut General") and Cigna Corporation ("Cigna") appeal the jury verdict in favor of Michael D. Davis ("Davis") for breach of an employment contract. The jury awarded $469,283 to Davis. For the reasons stated below, we REVERSE the jury's verdict and vacate the award.

I.

Davis, a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, was employed by Life Insurance Company of...

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