holding that a bad-faith action applies to more than just an insurer's denial or delay in paying a claim, such as paying from an independent medical examination
How later courts described this case
- holding that a bad-faith action applies to more than just an insurer's denial or delay in paying a claim, such as paying from an independent medical examination
- explaining that if the trial court judge had been influenced by passion or prejudice he would have awarded damages in all possible categories
- explaining that a claim for "an insurer's breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealine is generally a claim for bad faith
- judge 17 awarded plaintiffs $1,000,000 in punitive damages in bench trial after defendant insurance 18 company improperly denied UM/UIM benefits
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Rose, J.,
with whom Springer, J., joins,
concurring:
I concur in the affirmance of this case but would approve the entire award of punitive damages rather than modify it.