Lewis v. Equity Nat. Life Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a proper investigation of an insured’s claim requires the insurer to obtain “all available medical information relevant to the policyholder’s claim” and interview all employees or individuals who have “knowledge relevant to the claim . . . .”
• issue of punitive damages may be submitted to jury where evidence demonstrates such conduct
• Punitive damages instruction proper where denial of claim made without appropriate investigation
• Punitive damages instruction proper where denial of claim made without appropriate investigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).