[DOWNLOAD] "Missouri Medical Ins. Co. v. Wong" by Supreme Court of Kansas " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: Missouri Medical Ins. Co. v. Wong
Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
Release Date : January 24, 1984
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 67 KB

Description

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Missouri Medical Insurance Company (MoMedico), for a declaratory judgment seeking cancellation and construction of a medical malpractice insurance policy issued to the defendant, Dr. David Wong. Plaintiff joined as additional defendants, Lynn Eugene Cleveland and Jack Jacobson, former patients of Dr. Wong, who had filed medical malpractice actions against Wong, and Fletcher Bell, Commissioner of Insurance, as administrator of the Health Care Stabilization Fund. MoMedico alleged in its petition that it had cancelled Wong's policy of professional liability insurance as of the date of issuance for material misrepresentations made in his application, and further alleged that the policy, as issued, covered only acts of negligence which occurred during the term of the policy rather than for claims made during the policy period. Defendant Wong filed a counterclaim seeking a determination that MoMedico was precluded from cancelling his medical professional liability insurance ab initio, and that the provisions of the Kansas Health Care Provider Insurance Availability Act (K.S.A. 40-3401 et seq.) require the policy to be construed as a claims made policy rather than an occurrence policy. Defendant Wong also claimed he was entitled to recover actual and punitive damages from MoMedico arising out of its attempted cancellation of the policy, and that he was also entitled to recover attorney fees from MoMedico incurred in the defense of the declaratory judgment action. The other named defendants also filed counterclaims which will be discussed later in the opinion. The matter came regularly on for trial on November 1, 1982.