Legal Opinion
General Accident Insurance Co. v. Blank
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 3, 1993No. 92-CA-2548-MRPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWERTON, Judge.
General Accident Insurance Company (GA) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment of the Warren Circuit Court awarding Kenneth R. Blank, II $160,698.07 and 100 percent of the taxable court cost. In a post-judgment proceeding, the court also awarded an attorney fee of $68,000. Blank was being paid benefits for a workers’ compensation claim, but when GA refused to pay for questionable surgery and stopped his temporary total disability payments, Blank filed this action in the Warren Circuit Court seeking $1,000,000 for pain and suffering, $5,000,000 for punitive damages,…
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