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GIBSON v. WESTERN FIRE INS. CO.

No. 83-282.

682 P.2d 725 (1984)

Harry Coe GIBSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WESTERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Bradley J. Luck and Sherman V. Lohn argued, Missoula, for defendant and appellant.

Robert P. Ryan argued, Billings, for plaintiff and respondent.

SHEEHY, Justice.

In an action against Western Fire Insurance Company for its bad faith refusal to settle a third party malpractice claim within policy limits, judgment was entered in the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, for compensatory damages of $250,000 and punitive damages of $300,000. Western appeals the judgment.

Western contends (1) that the judgment against it should not stand because improper standards determining the bad faith of...

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