Legal Opinion
Duensing v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided August 26, 2005No. 98,668PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ADAMS, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 Ted Duensing and his wife, Louise Duensing, (collectively Insureds) sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (Insurer) for breach of the parties’ insurance contract, its duty of good faith and fair dealing (bad faith) and punitive damages. After a jury trial, verdicts were returned in favor of the Insureds, awarding them $24,160.13 for breach of contract damages, $175,000 for bad faith, and $300,000 in punitive damages. Insurer appeals the trial court’s judgment, based on the jury’s verdicts, which included an award of Insureds’ attorney fees and costs and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Christian v. American Home Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
- McCorkle v. Great Atlantic Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Max True Plastering Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- Nealis v. BairdSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
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