Cowan v. Paul Revere Life Insurance

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff George Cowan brought this action against Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (“Revere”) alleging that Revere breached the terms of a long term disability insurance contract and that Revere’s denial of Cowan’s claim was made in bad faith. Cowan sought punitive damages on his bad faith claim. Revere filed a motion for summary judgment on both claims. The district court granted Revere’s motion as to the bad faith claim, but denied its motion on the breach of contract issue and sua sponte granted summary judgment in favor of Cowan' on the coverage issue. Cowan…