Montana Insurance Bad Faith Lawyers

Damages Available in Montana Insurance Bad Faith Claims

The following types of damages are available for those who assert Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Montana:

• Interest – calculated from the date on which an insurance company should have paid an insurance claim.
• Emotional Distress – the mental injuries caused when insurers refuse to handle insurance claims in a reasonable manner.
• Punitive Damages – awarded when the insurer acted with actual malice in its handling of an insurance claim denial. Under Montana law, punitive damages in Insurance Bad Faith Cases are capped at the lesser of $10 million or 3% of a defendant’s net worth.

Our law firm has a long history of upholding the legal rights of Montana insurance consumers and handling insurance bad faith cases on behalf of individuals who were injured in accidents in Montana. Most insurance bad faith claims arise after an insurance dispute or personal injury has gone to trial and a jury has rendered a verdict. A final determination rendered by a jury is usually necessary to establish the illegality of the insurer’s conduct and prove the damages it caused through its wrongful insurance claims handling practices. Therefore, if you wish to pursue a Montana insurance bad faith claim it is important to hire a lawyer who has experience obtaining jury verdicts in Montana. Our firm has obtained many jury verdicts in Montana on behalf of people injured in accidents including several insurance bad faith verdicts against some of the largest insurance companies in the nation. (See our verdicts)

• Tacke v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. ~ $3,500,000.00.
• Jenkins v. All Nation Ins. Co. ~ $650,000.00
• Procopio v. Allstate ~ $462,000.00. In this insurance bad faith claim, the attorneys at Hoyt and Blewett successfully obtained a punitive damage award from the jury against one of the nation’s largest insurance companies after a two-week trial.
• Holmgren v. State Farm Ins. Co. ~ In the Holmgren case, the attorneys at Hoyt and Blewett PLLC obtained a landmark decision from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which enables claimants to obtain the claims files of the insurance company in most cases involving insurance bad faith claims. This seminal insurance bad faith case has been cited by more than 150 courts around the country and has helped even the playing field for insurance claimants in Montana and throughout the United States.