This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

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.

        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-fai...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails