Legal Opinion

Devaney v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided July 10, 1996No. 302, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BERGER, Justice:

John B. Devaney (“Devaney”) appeals from an adverse decision in his jury trial against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”). Devaney sought compensatory and punitive damages, alleging that Nationwide acted in bad faith when it denied Devaney’s personal injury protection claim. In this appeal, Devaney argues that the Superior Court erred in several of its evidentiary rulings. Most notably, he complains about the admission of testimony about the parties’ arbitration and the exclusion of evidence that Nationwide finally paid Devaney’s personal injury claims a few…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Coleman Motor Co., a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. Graham v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
  3. Tackett v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  4. Probst v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
  5. Precision Air, Inc. v. Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

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