Legal Opinion
Merrick v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2007No. 05-16380, 05-17059PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Senior Circuit Judge:
Defendants Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Provident Corporation (collectively “the insurers”) appeal the district court’s jury verdict awarding $1.65 million in compensatory and $10 million in punitive damages to plaintiff G. Clinton Merrick, Jr. for breach of contract and of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, stemming from the insurers’ denial of Merrick’s disability insurance claim. Among other issues, this appeal requires us to examine the constitutional limits upon the use of evidence of injury inflicted upon nonparties, as discussed in Philip…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lindsey v. NormetSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Joan Hangarter v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company Unumprovident Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Philip Morris USA v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Marlene Eberle, and Robert Kiser v. City of Anaheim Anaheim Police Department P. Shepard Hagenson MonsoorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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