American Health Care Providers, Inc. v. O'Brien

886 S.W.2d 588 (1994)

318 Ark. 438

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, INC., Appellant,

v.

Michael U. O'BRIEN and Carla O'Brien, Appellees.

No. 93-1406.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 31, 1994.

Sam Sexton, Jr., Michael P. Bradley, Fort Smith, for appellant.

David Hodges, Little Rock, Jefferson Faught, Russellville, for appellees.

NEWBERN, Justice.

Michael U. O'Brien and Carla O'Brien, who are husband and wife, sued American Health Care Providers, Inc., (AHCP), claiming breach of contract and the tort of bad faith. The O'Briens claimed that AHCP, a health maintenance organization, had breached its…