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TRAVELERS INS. CO. v. LESHER

Docket No. A019434.

187 Cal.App.3d 169 (1986)

231 Cal. Rptr. 791

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants, v. DEAN S. LESHER et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

November 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley & Wagner, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane, Michael J. Brady, Gail Y. Norton, David O. Larson and Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants.

Thomas W. Kemp, Laurel C. Lalanne, David Ivester and Washburn & Kemp for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

OPINION

SCOTT, J.

A jury awarded an insured $1.5 million for damages resulting from an insurer's improper conduct of a defense undertaken under a reservation of rights. The jury also awarded $1.5 million in punitive damages. Although we conclude that the insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify under the terms of the policy, we also conclude that the evidence in this unusual case was sufficient to support the compensatory damage...

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