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· 1/9/1984

Moore v. American United Life Insurance

Citations

  • 150 Cal. App. 3d 610
  • 197 Cal. Rptr. 878
  • 1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 1483

How courts have described this case

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

  • $2.5 million punitive award for insurance company's bad faith upheld without evidence of the profits from company's deceptive claims practices
  • $2.5 million punitive award for insurance company’s bad faith upheld without evidence of the profits from company’s deceptive claims practices
  • award representing 3.4 weeks of defendant’s income and 3.2% of net assets upheld
  • award representing 3.4 weeks of defendant's income and 3.2% of net assets upheld
  • employee is not totally disabled if he can work “with reasonable continuity in his customary occupation or in any other occupation in which he might reasonably be expected to engage.”
  • “Recovery is not precluded under a total disability provision because the insured is able to perform sporadic tasks, or give attention to simple or unconsequential details incident to the conduct of business.”

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Judges: Sims

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