Heartland Stores, Inc. v. Royal Insurance Co.

TURNAGE, Judge.

Heartland Stores, Inc. brought suit against Royal Insurance Company for damages for bad faith refusal to settle a lawsuit, for damages for negligence on the part of the attorney hired by Royal, and for a declaratory judgment that Royal’s policy covered punitive damages. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Royal on the damage counts and the court entered judgment in favor of Royal on the declaratory judgment count. Heartland contends the court erroneously instructed the jury on the damage counts and erroneously declared the law on the declaratory judgment count. 1 Affirmed.

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