Legal Opinion
Ballow v. PHICO Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 15, 1993No. 92SC530PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mullarkey
We granted certiorari in this ease to address several issues arising out of a medical malpractice insurance carrier’s withdrawal from the Colorado market. The trial court, in a 294-page order, ruled in favor of the petitioners who are the doctors formerly insured by the medical malpractice insurance carrier. It held that the insurance carrier breached its contract with the doctors, engaged in fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and acted in bad faith. The court of appeals, in Ballow v. PHICO Insurance Co., 841 P.2d 344 (Colo.App.1992), reversed, holding that the trial court erred in…
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