Garcia v. Trans Pacific Life Insurance

Opinion

FEINERMAN, P. J.

Plaintiff, Micaela Garcia, appeals from a summary judgment awarded in favor of defendant, Trans Pacific Life Insurance Company. Plaintiff brought suit claiming defendant breached its insurance contract in that defendant refused to pay death benefits amounting to $2,500 alleged to be due plaintiff as beneficiary under an automobile accident policy after plaintiff’s husband, defendant’s insured, was killed in an accident. Plaintiff also sought punitive damages against defendant claiming bad faith underlay defendant’s failure to pay plaintiff’s claim.

There is no dispute as…