The California Supreme Court last week threw out a lower court ruling that had resulted in a multimillion-dollar damage award against an insurance company.
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) had filed an amicus brief in the case Jonathan Neil & Associates, Inc. v Jones asking the court to overturn the verdict and throw out the damages.
“The Court has issued a major decision dealing with the primary jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance and the scope of bad faith actions against insurance companies,” said Sam Sorich, president of ACIC. “The ruling is consistent with the arguments ACIC made in its brief to the Court.”
