FARR v. TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 1 CA-CIV 6566, 1 CA-CIV 6586.

145 Ariz. 1 (1984)

699 P.2d 376

A. D'Wayne FARR and Miriam J. Farr, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross Appellants, v. TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation, formerly Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, Defendant-Appellant, Cross Appellee. A. D'Wayne FARR and Miriam J. Farr, husband and wife, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. GALBRAITH & GREEN, INC., an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

Reconsideration Denied March 8, 1985.

Review Denied May 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patten, Montague & Arnett by Wayne C. Arnett, Tempe, for plaintiffs-appellants, plaintiffs-appellees, cross appellants.

Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, P.C. by Amy R. Coy, Phoenix, for defendant-appellant, defendant-appellee, cross appellee.


OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

A. D'Wayne Farr and Miriam J. Farr sued Occidental Life Insurance Company (Occidental) and its claims administrator, Galbraith & Green, Inc., to recover for an alleged bad faith refusal to pay benefits concededly due under a group health insurance policy.

The jury found for the Farrs and awarded $13,117.20 compensatory damages against both defendants and $50,000 punitive damages against Occidental and $20,000 punitive...

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