Weisman v. Blue Shield of California

Opinion

BUTLER, J.

Michael Weisman, a medical doctor, appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict denying punitive damages against Blue Shield of California for wrongful failure to pay claims for psychoanalytic treatment. He claims instructional error and error in awarding costs for witnesses to Blue Shield. We hold the court properly instructed the jury, the witness costs were correctly allowed, and affirm.

I

Weisman was a full time assistant professor at the medical school of the University of California at San Diego commencing in 1975, eventually attaining tenure. During the years 1975-1981,…