Insurers Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Change Utah Ruling in Landmark Punitive Damages Case

September 9, 2004

  • September 10, 2004 at 1:39 am
    glenn parmley says:
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    sounds like utah has supreme court that we use to have in our state. finally thru the electoral process the judges were replaced and we have more balance, however the trial lawyers continue trying.

  • September 10, 2004 at 4:03 am
    Sage Gecko says:
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    As long as judges believe it is their right to rewrite existing or case law we will be burdened with this issue.
    Did the judges review the existing laws and cases and rule otherwise or did they just provide their own interpretations with out the proper review. The latter makes a far more dangerous jurist.

  • September 13, 2004 at 7:16 am
    malcontrent says:
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    Insurers appeal this decision at their peril. When State Farm defrauded its customers, the victims included every secondary carrier that must make up the difference. First-party carriers (UM, UIM, collision, etc.) pay when a liability carrier creates an oasis in the middle of the industry where the only rules are internal ones. If State Farm is put on a short leash, it cannot continue to undermine the underwriting assumptions made by the rest of the industry. $9 million is a lot less than State Farm profited by foisting losses on secondary carriers that are now improperly supporting this petition.



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