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PARKS v. CAMBRIDGE MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

105 A.D.2d 1068 (1984)

Douglas F. Parks et al., Respondents, v. Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

November 7, 1984

Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Punitive damages are not recoverable in an action against an insurance company based upon a claim of wrongful and bad-faith refusal to pay under the terms of a policy of fire insurance. Allegations of breach of an insurance contract, even a breach committed willfully and without justification, are insufficient to authorize such recovery (Uniland Dev. Co. v...

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