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GOODWIN v. OLD REPUBLIC INS. CO.

Nos. 66166, 66186.

828 P.2d 431 (1992)

Ronald GOODWIN, Appellant, v. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Gerard K. DONOVAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben A. Goff, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Ronald Goodwin.

Arlen E. Fielden, Carol Kessinger-Huhn, Oklahoma City, for appellee/cross-appellant, Old Republic Ins. Co.

Charles F. Alden III, Oklahoma City, for appellee, Gerard K. Donovan.

KAUGER, Justice.

The dispositive issue of first impression presented is whether a workers' compensation insurance company may be subjected to liability in tort for a wilful, malicious and bad faith refusal to pay an employee's workers' compensation award. We assume that a workers' compensation insurance company may be subjected to liability in tort for a wilful, malicious and bad faith refusal to pay an employee's workers...

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