354.335. Damages allowed if corporation without reasonable cause refuses to pay. - Missouri Statutes

Damages allowed if corporation without reasonable cause refusesto pay.

354.335. In any action against any corporation subject tothe provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 to recover theamount of any loss under a policy of health insurance, if itappears from the evidence that such corporation has refused topay such loss without reasonable cause or excuse, the court orjury may, in addition to the amount thereof and interest, allowthe plaintiff damages not to exceed twenty percent of the firstfifteen hundred dollars of the loss, and ten percent of theamount of the loss in excess of fifteen hundred dollars and areasonable attorney's fee; and the court shall enter judgmentfor the aggregate sum found in the verdict.

(L. 1983 H.B. 127)