A California Appeals Court this week affirmed a lower court's decision to award more than $6 million in tort and punitive damages against Republic Indemnity Insurance Co. for improper claims file handling.Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. had accused Republic of inflating reserves, claims mishandling, destroying files, concealing files from the employer and denying access to files. A jury awarded the company $1.7 million in damages, plus an additional $4.6 million in punitive damages. Th
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