State v. Zimlich

Wayne Zimlich, a registered nurse-anesthetist, and his supervising physicians were sued in a medical-malpractice case; the plaintiff alleged that they had negligently caused the death of a patient during a surgical procedure. Zimlich testified at the trial of the malpractice case in October 1995. After the trial, Zimlich sued his insurance company, alleging that it had acted in bad faith in failing to settle the malpractice claim against him. After a trial in November 1997, he was awarded $15,000 against the insurance company. In the trial of his claim against the insurer, he alleged that he…