Legal Opinion
Farr v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 28, 1984No. 1 CA-CIV 6566, 1 CA-CIV 6586PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.
A. D’Wayne Farr and Miriam J. Farr sued Occidental Life Insurance Company (Occidental) and its claims administrator, Galbraith & Green, Inc., to recover for an alleged bad faith refusal to pay benefits concededly due under a group health insurance policy.
The jury found for the Farrs and awarded $13,117.20 compensatory damages against both defendants and $50,000 punitive damages against Occidental and $20,-000 punitive damages against Galbraith & Green. The trial court granted a judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to Galbraith & Green. The trial court denied the…
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