Legal Opinion
Lorenzo Biundo v. Old Equity Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1981No. 79-3294PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge.
Old Equity Life Insurance Company (Equity) appeals a jury verdict rendered in this diversity action, holding it liable on a disability insurance contract and for damages in tort for breach of the insurer’s duty to deal in good faith with its insured. The jury awarded Lorenzo Biundo compensatory damages of $26,500 on his contract claim, $6,622.50 on his tort claim (the amount of attorney’s fees incurred by Biundo in the prosecution of this suit), and in addition awarded $70,000 in punitive damages. For reasons stated below, we affirm the findings of liability on both the…
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