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REPUBLIC INS. CO. v. HIRES

No. 19426.

810 P.2d 790 (1991)

REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jack A. HIRES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & List, Las Vegas, Nev., LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, John Frye and R. Scott Puddy, San Francisco, Cal., and Maurice Rosenberg, Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York City, for appellant.

Victor G. Drakulich, and Hibbs, Roberts, Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg, Reno, Nev., for respondent.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins and M. Kristina Pickering, Reno, Nev., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Larry L. Simms, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Ins. Ass'n and Coalition for Available/Affordable Liability Ins.

Hamilton & Lynch, Reno, Nev., for amicus curiae Nev. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

A jury awarded Jack A. Hires $22.5 million in punitive damages because of the manner in which Republic Insurance Company treated Hires in connection with payment of an insurance claim.

FACTS

Before leaving on a weekend trip to California, Hires secured his home in Sparks and asked his neighbor, Doug France, to maintain the swimming pool. Soon after reaching his destination...

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