$2.8M
Insurance Bad Faith
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Case Details
Kansas Supreme Court ruling upholding a judgment against Key Insurance for bad faith in denying a wrongful death claim after Mark Nicholson was struck and killed while riding his bicycle. The insurer was ordered to pay the full extent of the Nicholson family’s damages plus interest, amounting to approximately 150 times the $25,000 policy limit.
Additional Notes
LJ Leatherman and Dustin L. Van Dyk took up the Nicholson family’s fight. The case involved two trials in the lower courts, two appeals to the Kansas Court of Appeals, and a final hearing before the Kansas Supreme Court.