Boland v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

CARPENTER, J.,

Plaintiff Nancy A. Boland instituted this action on July 2, 1990, asserting that defendant Nationwide Mutual *28Insurance Company failed to pay certain first-party benefits (namely, income loss benefits) for injuries she sustained as a passenger in a two-car accident. In addition, plaintiff seeks punitive damages, interest, attorney fees and costs for the allegedly unreasonable refusal to pay. Defendant has filed preliminary objections in the nature of a motion to strike plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages, the disposition of which is presently before this court. We are faced…