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McCORKLE v. GREAT ATLANTIC INS. CO.

No. 53703.

637 P.2d 583 (1981)

Madison McCORKLE, Jr., Appellee, v. GREAT ATLANTIC INSURANCE CO., of Delaware, a foreign insurance company, and Community Bank and Trust Company, an Oklahoma banking corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Sellers Law Associates, Inc. by April Sellers White, Sapulpa, for appellee; Joe A. Moore, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel on the brief.

Ray H. Wilburn & Associates by Ray H. Wilburn and Dennis King (attys. of record on the appeal only), Tulsa, for appellant, Great Atlantic Ins. Co.

BARNES, Vice Chief Justice.

This case arises out of a fire-insurance contract wherein the insurer refused to pay the policy limits for fire damage to the insured's house. The insured brought suit alleging breach of contract, tortious bad-faith handling of his claim, and oppression and malice on the part of the insurance company. He sought actual and punitive damages.

The facts, which are largely undisputed, are as...

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