Legal Opinion
Hale v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 25, 1974No. Civ. 13033PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*686Opinion
WHYTE, J.*
Plaintiff Arthur L. Hale brought suit against his insurance company Farmers Insurance Exchange, its attorney-in-fact, Farmers Underwriters Association (hereafter Farmers), their Orange County claims supervisor, defendant Eugene J. Penasa, and their claims examiner, defendant Sally Lawrence, for bad faith refusal to pay medical benefits due plaintiff under his automobile insurance policy.
A jury verdict was returned October 27, 1972, in favor of plaintiff and against the defendants in the total sum of $212,659.03. Judgment on the verdict was entered and included the following…
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