SCHIMIZZI v. ILLINOIS FARMERS INS. CO.

No. 3:93-CV-173RM.

928 F.Supp. 760 (1996)

Josephine SCHIMIZZI, M.D., Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS FARMERS INSURANCE CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

May 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick R. Hovde, Townsend, Hovde and Montross, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiff.

John P. McQuillan, Daniel A. Gioia, Theresa L. Springmann, Ginamarie Gaudio-Graves, Spangler, Jennings and Dougherty, P.C., Merrillville, IN, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

Following a nine-day trial on Dr. Josephine Schimizzi's complaint against Illinois Farmers Insurance Company for breach of contract and tortious breach of the insurer's duty to deal in good faith with its insured, a jury awarded Dr. Schimizzi $400,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $600,000 in punitive damages. Farmers now seeks judgment as a matter of law, amendment of the judgment, and/or a...

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