Bad Faith = 10 Million
A Federal Jury has given a man $10 million dollars by deciding his employer’s insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they turned down his claim for benefits from a back injury.
The jury is debating to also award the man with compensation for punitive damages in additional to the 10 million.
The worker was a computer tech at Norwest Financial at the time he injured his back while picking up papers that had dropped to the floor. He was diagnosed in severe pain, but his workers compensation claim had been rejected.
The adjusters say he had two prior surgeries on his back. They claim the injury worsened an existing condition.
The 10 million dollar verdict was to assuage his mental and emotional pain after being denied medical assistance based on a bad faith ruling.
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