2014 House Bill 5519

Expand grounds for suing insurance companies

Introduced in the House

May 6, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Winnie Brinks (D-76)

To allow a person who believes that an insurance provider has not dealt fairly and in good faith to sue for compensatory, consequential, and exemplary (punitive) damages proximately caused by the breach, notwithstanding the prohibition on punitive damages in other areas of Michigan tort law.

Referred to the Committee on Insurance