Advantage Buildings & Exteriors, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

Mid-Continent Casualty Company appeals the circuit court’s entry of final judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Advantage Buildings & Exteriors, Inc., on Advantage’s bad-faith failure-to-settle claim. The jury awarded Advantage both compensatory and punitive damages. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Factual and Procedural Background

In July 2008, Advantage was sued by Alsation Land Company, Vallejo, LLC, for breach of warranty, negligence, and property damage as a result of construction defects in a building for which Advantage had supplied the exterior wall…