# Guaranty National Insurance v. Potter

> Nevada Supreme Court · February 29, 1996 · 112 Nev. 199

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9529630

## Case

- **Full name:** GUARANTY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. GERALD E. POTTER and VALERIE H. POTTER, Respondents
- **Court:** Nevada Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 29, 1996
- **Citations:** 112 Nev. 199; 912 P.2d 267; 1996 Nev. LEXIS 32
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Rose
- **Judges:** Steffen, Rose, Young, Shearing, Springer
- **Cited by:** 68 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9529630

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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.

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