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103759P.pdf   12/29/2011  Cindy Tripp  v.  Western National Mutual Ins.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  10-3759
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Insurance. Under South Dakota law, jury's rejection of
   plaintiff's bad faith claim did not preclude the district court making an
   award of attorneys' fees based on its finding that defendant's refusal to
   pay was vexatious or without reasonable cause.