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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAla. told to reconsider punitive damages award.(US Supreme Court orders Supreme Court of Alabama to reconsider award against Life Insurance Company of Georgia)
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, November, 1996 by Brostoff, Steven
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has told the Supreme Court of Alabama to reconsider a $5 million punitive damage award against Life of Georgia. The Supreme Court acted on an appeal of the award by Life of Georgia, which said the size of the award and the means by which it was determined violate the due process clause of the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court's own precedent on punitive damages outlined in BMW v.
Gore. Without oral argument or any further comment, the Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Court of Alabama to reconsider the award in light of the BMW decision. The case - Life of Georgia v. Daisey Johnson - involves a Medicare Supplement policy sold by the company to Ms. Johnson. On the policy application, Ms. johnson stated she is not...
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