Zilisch v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

¶ 1 The plaintiff, Kimberly Ziliseh, sued her insurance company for an alleged bad faith refusal to pay its policy limits under Zilisch’s underinsured motorist coverage. The jury awarded her compensatory damages of $460,000 and punitive damages of $540,000. The trial court granted the insurance company’s judgment NOV as to punitive damages, but denied the insurance company’s motion for new trial as to bad faith. Ziliseh filed a motion for new trial as to punitive damages only, premised on her claim that the trial court had erroneously excluded evidence which bore on that…