Isaac v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

SABERS, Justice.

Following a jury trial in which the trial court instructed the jury as a matter of law that the worker’s compensation set-off provision was void as against public policy, jury awarded Insured damages in the amount of $445,000 — $100,000 under the policy, $325,-000 for bad faith, and $20,000 punitive. Insurer appeals. Insured cross-appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

On December 11, 1986, Edel Isaac (Isaac) purchased insurance from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) on a 1981 Dodge Omni. The policy provided for bodily injury liability…