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WALSTON v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 22153.

923 P.2d 456 (1996)

129 Idaho 211

James Russel WALSTON, individual, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho. Boise, April 1996 Term.

August 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quane, Smith, Howard & Hull; Givens, Pursley & Huntley, Boise; Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for appellant. Robert Huntley, Jr. and Alan H. Sliberman argued.

Kenneth L. Pedersen, Twin Falls, for respondent.

SCHROEDER, Justice

Following trial a jury awarded James Walston, an insured in a cancer insurance policy, $3,800 for a breach of contract, $120,000 for damages arising from fraud and bad faith denial of benefits and $10,000,000 in punitive damages. The trial court sustained the verdict on all counts but reduced the punitive damages to $3,200,000 in response to an alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, new trial, or remittitur. Monumental Life...

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