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Tennessee
Tamarin Lindenberg v. Jackson National Life Ins. Co.
Year: 2016
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Case Number: M2015-02349-SC-R23-CV
Issue:
  • Bad Faith
  • Punitive Damages
State:
  • Tennessee

In many jurisdictions when an insurance company breaches an insurance contract, it not only is required to pay what it owed originally and wrongfully delayed or denied, it also must pay attorneys fees and punitive damages. The rationale is that if an insurance company only…

Opry Mills Mall Limited Partnership et al v. Arch Insurance Company et al
Year: 2018
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Case Number: M 2016 01763-SC-R11-CV
Issue:
  • policyholder reasonable expectations
State:
  • Tennessee

The rules of insurance policy interpretation in the States of Tennessee and Indiana are well-settled law and should continue to preserve policyholders’ reasonable expectations of coverage. Ambiguous policy wording should be construed in favor of coverage.

Lammert et al v. Auto Owners Mut. Ins. Co.
Year: 2018
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Case Number: M2017-02546-SC-R23-CV
Issue:
  • Labor Depreciation
State:
  • Tennessee

Tennessee law upholds a policyholder’s reasonable expectations of coverage. Consistent with those principles, the cost of labor should not be depreciated. Depreciation of labor results in policyholders not receiving the full amount that they reasonably are entitled to under their actual cash value coverage, and…

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