Prejudicial Errors Require Reversal Of Verdict In Product Liability Coverage Suit

(February 27, 2018, 2:17 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on Feb. 26 found that a lower court’s prejudicial errors during a jury trial on the issue of insurance bad faith in a product liability coverage dispute requires the reversal of a jury award in favor of the pipe manufacturer insured for $1,073,868.80 for breach of contract damages, $8,259,712.31 in attorney fee damages for bad faith and $46 million in punitive damages (Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co., et al., No. A146617, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 2)....