Insurance
Dec. 19, 2002
Seeking Cover
Forum Column - By Robert S. Gerstein - A case pending in the California Supreme Court, Jonathan Neil & Associates Inc. v. Jones , S107855, is likely to shape the development of insurance bad-faith litigation for some time to come. It raises the question of whether insurers can be charged with tort liability, including punitive damages, for all bad-faith denials of policy benefits or only for bad faith in claims-handling.




By Robert S. Gerstein
A case pending in the California Supreme Court, Jonathan Neil & Associates Inc. v. Jones, S107855, is likely to shape the development of insurance bad-fai...
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