Goodson v. American Standard Insurance Co. of Wisconsin

We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeals’ decision in Goodson v. American Standard Insurance Co. of Wisconsin, No. 00CA1489, 2002 WL 1803756 (Colo.App. Mar.7, 2002).1 The court of appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of the insured. It held that the insurer defending against a bad faith tort suit was entitled to an instruction that the insured must establish substantial property or economic loss as a prerequisite to recovering damages for emotional distress.

We disagree with the court of appeals and reverse. We hold that, in…