CHRISTIAN v. AMERICAN HOME ASSUR. CO.

No. 48735.

577 P.2d 899 (1977)

Bobby D. CHRISTIAN, Appellant, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, an Insurance Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing March 10, 1978.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Pipkin, William C. Leach, Moore, for appellant.

Arlen E. Fielden, Brooke S. Murphy, Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


SIMMS, Justice:

The primary question presented by this appeal is whether under Oklahoma law an insurance company may be subjected to liability in tort for a willful, malicious and bad faith refusal to pay a valid insurance claim.

The trial court held that an insurer could not be subjected to such liability and sustained American Home Assurance Company (Appellee's) motion for summary judgment, dismissing Bobby Christian...

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