Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1993No. 91-523PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McDONOUGH
This is an appeal from an order based on a jury verdict and a judgment of $750,000 in compensatoiy damages and $750,000 in punitive damages against Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing (bad faith). We reverse and remand for a new trial.
This action arose in conjunction with a claim by Palmer, the insured, against Farmers, the insurer, for uninsured motorist benefits. Palmer’s claim ensued after a no-vehicle-contact motorcycle accident on June 10,1984. Farmers requested that the court bifurcate the uninsured motorist claim from the bad…
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