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Insurance

Apr. 3, 2003

Award for Eye Doctor Suing Unum Cut to $5 Million

SAN FRANCISCO - A Marin County judge has reduced to $5 million a punitive damages jury award of $30 million against UnumProvident Corp., the big Tennessee disability insurer that withheld benefits from a Novato eye surgeon with shaky hands.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A Marin County judge has reduced to $5 million a punitive damages jury award of $30 million against UnumProvident Corp., the big Tennessee disability insurer that withheld benefits from a Novato eye surgeon with shaky hands.
        The January ve...

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