Legal Opinion
Miller v. Kenny
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 28, 2014No. 68594-5-IPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBecker, J.
¶1 In an insurance bad faith case, the amount of a reasonable covenant judgment sets a floor, not a ceiling, on the damages a jury may award. We affirm a jury verdict awarding $13 million in damages to the assignee of the bad faith causes of action where the total net amount of the covenant judgment was $4.15 million.
¶2 This appeal arose out of an automobile accident on August 23, 2000. Patrick Kenny, the driver at fault, was driving a 1994 Volkswagen Passat in Alberta, Canada, when he rear-ended a cement truck. The accident injured his three passengers: Ryan Miller, Ashley Bethards, and…
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