Kentucky Jury Finds Insurer Acted In Bad Faith, Awards $14.3M In Punitive Damages

(October 8, 2018, 11:27 AM EDT) -- SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky state jury on Sept. 28 entered a $14.3 million punitive damages verdict against an insurer after determining that the insurer acted in bad faith in refusing to provide coverage to its insured, an energy company accused of trespassing on Kentucky property owners’ lands to extract natural gas (Lahoma Salyer, et al. v. J.D. Carty Resources, et al., No. 07-00006, Ky. Cir., Magoffin Co.)....

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