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· 4/5/1985

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kentucky, Inc. v. Whitaker

Citations

  • 687 S.W.2d 557
  • 1985 Ky. App. LEXIS 549

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[A]n action for bad faith . . . requires something more than mere negligence. The term itself implies some intentional wrongful conduct. . . . Mere errors in judgment should not be sufficient to establish bad faith.”
  • \[O]nce the policyholder has substantially complied with the terms and conditions\ for payment as required by the policy, \ then at that point the insurance company becomes akin to a fiduciary as to the sums that may be owed under the policy.\

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Judges: Gudgel, Lester and Reynolds

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