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NOBLE v. NAT. AM. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 1 CA-CIV 4006.

128 Ariz. 196 (1979)

624 P.2d 874

Rosemarie NOBLE, Appellant, v. NATIONAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1979.

Review Granted October 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox & Cox by Randall R. Douglas, Phoenix, for appellant.

Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon & Udall by Ruth V. McGregor, Stacy Olliphant, Phoenix, for appellee.

OPINION

WREN, Presiding Judge.

The question raised by this appeal is whether Arizona recognizes a cause of action in tort for a bad faith refusal of an insurer to pay a claim of its own insured. We find that such a cause of action does exist in this state.

In return for a monthly premium of $26.50, appellee, National American Life Insurance Company, issued to appellant, Rosemarie Noble, a policy of health insurance insuring her against surgical and...

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