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Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Harbin
Jim Coben
Recreation based on oral argument transcript in which plaintiff argued that Allstate was engaging in a “Delay, Deny, and Defend Strategy” and should be sanctioned. Plaintiff maintained that Allstate engaged in similar tactics in other cases and sought sanctions for costs and fees in the amount of $52,375. Noting the repetitive misconduct of Allstate in the other cases, the trial judge granted sanctions in the amount of $620,141.36 (reasoning that “the good and efficient functioning of the Alabama Court System requires … Allstate’s egregious conduct to cease.”). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the award of sanctions in excess of the compensatory claim.
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