If bad facts make bad law does it follow that strange facts make strange law?
Consider the case of William Casteel and his former employer, Canada’s Crown Life Insurance Co.
Consider the case of William Casteel and his former employer, Canada's Crown Life Insurance Co. It started as a $45 million jury verdict. Randall Ferguson and other policy holders were promised that their premium payments would end. The projections proved wrong. Ironically Casteel, who sold the policy to Ferguson, was given three times the damages awarded to Ferguson because Casteel's lawyer put on a compelling case that Casteel became suicidal after being ostracized by his policy-holder friends.
July 20, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
If bad facts make bad law does it follow that strange facts make strange law?
Consider the case of William Casteel and his former employer, Canada’s Crown Life Insurance Co.
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