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DECHANT v. MONARCH LIFE INS. CO.

No. 93-2220.

200 Wis.2d 559 (1996)

547 N.W.2d 592

Keric T. DECHANT, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by Eliott R. Good and Chorpenning, Good & Mancuso Co., LPA, Columbus, OH and Alan Derzon and Derzon, Menard & Noonan, S.C., Milwaukee.

For the plaintiff-respondent there were briefs by Thomas W. St. John, S. Todd Farris, Cordelia S. Munroe and Friebert, Finerty & St. John, S.C., Milwaukee.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Monarch Life Insurance Company (Monarch) appeals from a judgment in excess of $2.5 million for bad faith and breach of contract with respect to a disability policy that it issued to Keric T. DeChant (DeChant). Two issues are presented. The first issue is whether attorney's fees and bond premiums incurred by DeChant in prosecuting a breach of contract and insurance bad faith action constitute compensable damages for bad faith. We hold that DeChant...

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