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Title: Dependable Life Insurance Company v. John J. Harris
Author : Fifth District Court of Appeal of Florida
Release Date : January 09, 1987
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 72 KB

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Dependable Life Insurance Company appeals from a final judgment after a jury trial which awarded Harris a total of $15,607.79 (including prejudgment interest) in actual damages for failure to pay under a disability insurance policy, $47,585.00 in compensatory damages, and $95,170.00 in punitive damages for the tort of wrongful infliction of emotional distress. Dependable questions the actual damage award as containing overlapping or duplicative elements. Dependable also challenges the $56,250.00 award of attorney's fees to Harris pursuant to section 627.428(1). We affirm the judgment, but reverse the award of attorney's fees. In a prior appeal to this court we affirmed, per curiam, Dependable's liability for coverage under its disability policy to Harris. Thus, the only issue in this case was the amount due Harris and the actual damages for Dependable's failure to pay under the contract.