· 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
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- $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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