Austero v. Washington National Insurance

132 Cal.App.3d 408 (1982)

182 Cal. Rptr. 919

JULIUS S. AUSTERO et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

v.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. 23779.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

May 28, 1982.

COUNSEL

Rutan & Tucker, Garvin L. Shallenberger, Ira G. Rivin and Patricia L. Stearns for Defendant and Appellant.

Herbert Hafif and Wayne J. Austero for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

KAUFMAN, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment, after retrial, awarding compensatory and punitive damages against it for bad faith failure to pay plaintiffs'…