Service Lloyds Insurance Co. v. Greenhalgh

GAMMAGE, Justice.

Service Lloyds Insurance Company (Service Lloyds) appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of Richard Greenhalgh for actual damages, punitive damages and attorney’s fees. We will modify and, as modified, affirm the judgment.

Greenhalgh is an automobile mechanic who injured his back on the job in December 1984. Service Lloyds is the workers’ compensation carrier which insured the automobile dealership where Greenhalgh worked at the time of his injury. During the pendency of Greenhalgh’s workers’ compensation claim, Service Lloyds filed a notice of controversion with the…