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Thursday, May 11, 2000 $40 Million Awarded in Insurance Suit Craig Rossell, the attorney who represented contractor Perry Hanstad, 48, said the case was "part of a huge pattern of denying and delaying payments on claims." The case stemmed from Farmers' failure to pay a 1993 fraud award imposed against the contractor, who was insured by Truck Insurance, an affiliate of Farmers. That fraud judgment came out of an arbitration case involving a remodeling and expansion job in Arcadia. Even though fraud was covered by Hanstad's policy, Farmers balked at paying, ultimately forcing Hanstad into bankruptcy, according to Hanstad's 1996 bad-faith lawsuit against Truck Insurance. The insurer also claimed it was not obligated to defend Hanstad against the fraud allegations. In addition, the jury awarded Hanstad about $2 million in compensatory damages last week. |
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