Estate of Baxter v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co.

Putman, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Estate of Brett L. Baxter (“appellee”), and against defendant-appellant, Grange Mutual Casualty Company (“appellant”), on appellee’s complaint for declaratory judgment and bad faith in the investigation and denial of insurance coverage. By this judgment, the trial court: (1) found that the limit of insurance coverage was $100,000; (2) awarded damages to appellee on the jury’s verdict against appellant in the amount of $14,525…