LA Jury Awards Quadriplegic Man $10 million in bad faith case
Released
on: November 19, 2008, 7:29 am
Press
Release Author: William
D. Chapman
Industry:
Law
Press
Release Summary: In January 2002, Atlantic Mutual had a chance
to settle a quadriplegic personal injury case for $1 million but
chose to "roll the dice." The jury awarded a $16 million
verdict and the injured party sued for bad faith. Today, a LA
jury found that Atlantic committed bad faith.
Press
Release Body: A Los Angeles jury today awarded a quadriplegic
man $10 million in a bad faith case against Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Company. The jury found that Atlantic Mutual acted despicably
and with malice and oppression in wrongfully refusing to settle
his personal injury case in 2002. Lawyers return tomorrow to deliver
closing arguments in the second phase of the trial to determine
whether plaintiff is entitled to $5 million in attorneys’
fees.
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