Insurer Bad Faith
$415,000 Cash Settlement
Delay in paying optional No-Fault PIP benefits.
3/88. McWilliams v. International Indemnity, State Court of Fulton County, Georgia.
Insurer Bad Faith
$411,250 Verdict ($400,000 punitive damages).
Delay in paying optional No-Fault PIP benefits. Proved defendant appealed adverse decision of governing case to U.S. Supreme Court solely for purposes of delaying necessity to pay claims such as this.
7/26/85 - Coachman v. International Indemnity, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia.
Insurance Bad Faith
7/2/91 . Soule v. McGahagan and Ziomek, Superior Court of Oconee County, Georgia.
Defendants' insurer refused to pay $15,000 policy limits, then filed suit against decedent's mother and others seeking a declaration of no coverage. Insurer lost that case before a jury and then paid over 26 times its policy limits to settle case.
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