Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Truck Insurance Exchange
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 23, 1993No. B055991PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, Acting P. J.
In this “Royal Globe” bad faith action, Truck Insurance Exchange (Truck), the defendant below, appeals from the order of the trial court (1) granting the motion of the plaintiff, Jerome T. Stewart (Stewart), for a new trial on the issue of punitive damages, which had previously been eliminated by an order of nonsuit, and (2) denying Truck’s motion for a new trial as to the issue of its liability for compensatory damages. While the record in this case demonstrates substantial evidence of Truck’s bad faith conduct, 2 it does not support Stewart’s claim for punitive…
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