Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Rodgers

Dissenting opinion by

Justice WINTERSHEIMER.

I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because the admission of testimony regarding bad faith on the part of the insurance company was not error.

It is regrettable that the majority opinion seeks to avoid the obvious concern about punitive damages which, in my judgment, was the major reason to accept this case for- discretionary review. The majority opinion seeks to obviate the need to discuss whether punitive damages awarded here violate the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution as…