Litigation
Feb. 5, 2016
Churchbuilding charity exacts punitive damages from insurance company
Century Surety Co. was ordered to pay $7.05 million after a jury found it acted with malice and oppression in denying coverage to a religious nonprofit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An insurance company that refused to defend its religious nonprofit client from a slip and fall suit was ordered to pay $7.05 million in compensatory and punitive damages, after a jury found it acted with oppression and malice in denying coverage. Amor Ministries v. Century Surety Company et al, 3:13-cv-1441 (S.D. Cal., filed June 20, 2013)
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