# OH Ruling Awards Punitives to Charity 

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The Supreme Court of Ohio has ordered that two-thirds of a $30 million punitive damages award against a health insurer be paid to charity instead of the plaintiff in the case.
In Dardinger vs. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, the court ordered Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield and its parent, Anthem Insurance Cos. Inc., to pay $32.5 million after it stopped paying to treat a woman suffering from brain cancer, saying the treatment was experimental.

In an unusual twist, though, the court ordered that $20 million of the $30 million of punitive damages awarded be directed to a cancer research fund named for the woman, who died in 1997. The husband of the woman, who brought the case, should receive only the remaining $12.5 million in punitive and compensatory damages, the court ruled.

Sources:
- Business Insurance (http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=1809)