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TRANSPORTATION INS. CO. v. MORIEL

No. 08-90-00313-CV.

814 S.W.2d 144 (1991)

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Juan Carlos MORIEL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled July 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor F. Poulos, Mayfield and Perrenot, El Paso, Charles I. Hadden, Peter G. Thompson, Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

C.R. Kit Bramblett, Bramblett & Bramblett, Susan Larsen, El Paso, for appellee.

Before FULLER, WOODARD and KOEHLER, JJ.

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment based upon a jury award to the Appellee of $101 thousand compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages resulting from the insurance company's breach of its duty to deal fairly and in good faith with reference to a prior worker's compensation claim. We affirm.

The jury found that the Company had unreasonably delayed payment of Mr. Moriel's medical bills, and that such delay had...

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