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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court in a case between Sentinel Associates and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company (AMMI). Sentinel had sued AMMI for breaching their insurance contract by denying coverage for losses incurred at Sentinel's shopping center. The jury returned a verdict of $750,000 for Sentinel. AMMI argued on appeal, as it had throughout the litigation, that the policy excluded coverage for Sentinel's losses. However, the district court had twice rejected AMMI's arguments in memorandum opinions, which the Court of Appeals relied on in affirming the district court's judgment.

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    Filed: 1994-07-25 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 30 F.3d 130 Docket: 93-2347

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court in a case between Sentinel Associates and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company (AMMI). Sentinel had sued AMMI for breaching their insurance contract by denying coverage for losses incurred at Sentinel's shopping center. The jury returned a verdict of $750,000 for Sentinel. AMMI argued on appeal, as it had throughout the litigation, that the policy excluded coverage for Sentinel's losses. However, the district court had twice rejected AMMI's arguments in memorandum opinions, which the Court of Appeals relied on in affirming the district court's judgment.

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    30 F.

    3d 130

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of


    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
    res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
    Circuit.
    SENTINEL ASSOCIATES, a New York partnership, PlaintiffAppellee,
    v.
    AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL INSURANCE
    COMPANY, an Illinois
    corporation, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 93-2347.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Argued: June 9, 1994.
    Decided: July 25, 1994.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Richmond. Robert R. Merhige Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA92-192-3)
    Hunter Cavin Quick, COZEN & O'CONNOR, Charlotte, North Carolina,
    for Appellant.
    William R. Mauck, Jr., WILLIAMS, MULLEN, CHRISTIAN &
    DOBBINS, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Pamela M. Pearson, COZEN & O'CONNOR, Charlotte, North Carolina,
    for Appellant.
    E.D.Va.
    AFFIRMED.
    Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

    OPINION
    PER CURIAM:

    Sentinel Associates brought this diversity action against American


    Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. (AMMI), alleging that AMMI had
    breached an insurance contract between the two parties by denying coverage
    for losses incurred by Sentinel at its shopping center in Portsmouth, Virginia.
    The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict of $750,000 for
    Sentinel.

    AMMI appeals, contending--as it has at each stage of the litigation--that


    coverage for Sentinel's losses was excluded by the terms of the policy. The
    district court twice issued memorandum opinions that rejected AMMI's
    arguments.* We have considered the briefs and arguments of the parties, and
    we affirm the judgment of the district court for the reasons stated by that court
    in its memorandum opinions.

    AFFIRMED.

    Sentinel Associates v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company,


    No. CA-92-192-3 (E.D. Va., October 26, 1992) (denying AMMI's motion for
    summary judgment); Sentinel Associates v. American Manufacturers Mutual
    Insurance Company, No. CA-92-192-3 (E.D. Va., September 29, 1993)
    (denying AMMI's motion for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, a
    new trial)

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