Weber v. Blue Cross of Montana

Richard and June Weber, plaintiffs and respondents, filed this action in the Seventeenth Judicial District, in and for Valley County, on February 7,1974, seeking damages for contract benefits and wrongful cancellation by Blue Cross on their medical plan contract. On September 19, 1977, the case was transferred to the Eighth Judicial District in Cascade County. On February 9,1979, Webers moved to add punitive damages for fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and bad faith to their original complaint. Shortly before trial Webers also sought to add an additional claim alleging…