Month: June 2017

THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS FINDS THAT A 10:1 RATIO OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES TO PUNITIVE DAMAGES IS APPROPRIATE IN AN INSURANCE BAD FAITH CASE AND THAT THE RATIO SHOULD BE NO HIGHER

In Nickerson v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co., 5 Cal.App.5th 1, 209 Cal.Rptr.3d 690 (2nd Dist. 2016), the California Court of Appeals recently reduced a $19M punitive damages award in an insurance bad faith case to $475,000 applying a 10:1 ratio of compensatory damages to...

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