Legal Opinion
Downey Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 1987No. B009549PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J. *
—Plaintiff Downey Savings and Loan Association (hereafter Downey) brought a bad faith action against defendant Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (hereafter Ohio) for denial of benefits under a fidelity bond issued by Ohio. A jury awarded Downey $152,983.43 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Downey appeals from that portion of the judgment denying it attorney’s fees, while Ohio cross-appeals from the judgment against it. Reversed as to Downey’s appeal.
Facts
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Downey, as we must (Leffv. Gunter (1983) 33…
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