PISTORIUS v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO.

Docket No. 19743.

123 Cal.App.3d 541 (1981)

176 Cal. Rptr. 660

RAYMOND W. PISTORIUS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard J. Kilmartin, John P. Lynch, Stanton G. Ware and Richard F. Dole and Knight, Boland & Riordan for Defendant and Appellant.

Shernoff, Wild, Lipsky & Batchelor, William M. Shernoff, Leonard Sacks and Lee Mandell for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

REGAN, J.

Plaintiff brought this action upon a disability insurance policy for (a) declaratory relief to determine disability; (b) bad faith breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (c) unpaid disability benefits under the policy; (d) general damages; (e) punitive damages; and (f) attorney's fees. The case was tried to a jury which brought in a special verdict that defendant handled plaintiff's claim in an "unreasonable...

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