STAFF BUILDERS, INC. v. ARMSTRONG

No. 87-196.

37 Ohio St. 3d 298 (1988)

STAFF BUILDERS, INC., v. ARMSTRONG, APPELLEE; AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Zirpolo and Stanley R. Rubin, for appellee.

Day, Ketterer, Raley, Wright & Rybolt, John A. Murphy, Jr., and Matthew Yackshaw, for appellant.


SWEENEY, J.

The instant appeal seeks to challenge the jury award of compensatory damages for breach of contract and further seeks to challenge the jury award of compensatory and punitive damages for bad faith on the part of appellant in processing the insurance claim of appellee. At the outset, however, it is necessary to consider whether the vacation of the jury verdict by the trial court because of its perceived inconsistency with the response to the interrogatory...

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