# Estate of Gleason v. Central United Life Insurance

> Montana Supreme Court · May 20, 2015 · 379 Mont. 219

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9807490

## Case

- **Full name:** The ESTATE OF JUDITH K. GLEASON, and JAN GREGSON and JAMES GLEASON, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Judith Gleason, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CENTRAL UNITED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT #1, GAIL MOONEY and DOES 1-10, Defendants, Appellees, and Cross-Appellant; CENTRAL UNITED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Counter-Plaintiff, and Cross-Appellant, v. THE ESTATE OF JUDITH K. GLEASON, and JAN GREGSON and JAMES GLEASON, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Judith Gleason, Counter-Defendants
- **Court:** Montana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 20, 2015
- **Citations:** 379 Mont. 219; 350 P.3d 349; 2015 MT 140; 2015 Mont. LEXIS 247
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Rice
- **Judges:** Wheat, McKtnn, Rice, McGrath, Shea, Cotter, Baker
- **Nature of suit:** Direct Appeal
- **Cited by:** 19 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/9807490

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that an insured was forced to assume the burden of legal action to recover the full benefit of the insurance contract even though the insurer submitted several payments before and during litigation
- stating that “without an award of compensatory damages, there can be no award of punitive damages”

## Opinion text

JUSTICE RICE,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
¶126 I join Paragraphs 90-121 of Justice McKinnon’s concurringand dissenting opinion regarding the reasonable basis of law defense, the notice-prejudice rule, and attorney fees for the estate.

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