Legal Opinion
Schimizzi v. Illinois Farmers Insurance
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided May 23, 1996No. 1:93-cv-00173PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILLER, District Judge.
Following a nine-day trial on Dr. Josephine Sehimizzi’s complaint against Illinois Farmers Insurance Company for breach of contract and tortious breach of the insurer’s duty to deal in good faith with its insured, a jury awarded Dr. Schimizzi $400,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $600,-000 in punitive damages. Farmers now seeks judgment as a matter of law, amendment of the judgment, and/or a new trial. Dr. Schimizzi seeks amendment of the judgment to reflect prejudgment interest and seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to Indiana’s…
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