Insurance Corp. of America v. Webster

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment against the appellee, Insurance Corporation of America (ICA), awarding damages to Ross Webster, M.D. for ICA’s alleged failure to properly handle and settle a medical malpractice suit brought against him by Donna Johnson Zabodyn. Zabodyn is the assignee of Webster’s claims against ICA, his insurer. The jury found ICA grossly negligent and assessed damages at $300,000 in mental anguish and $7.2 million in punitive damages. In the judgment, the trial court awarded to Zabodyn these amounts plus $1,233,371, the amount of the…