Pablo Ortiz Elizabeth Ortiz v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation

976 F.2d 737 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Pablo ORTIZ; Elizabeth Ortiz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-15259. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1992. Decided Sept. 25, 1992. Before HUG, TANG and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Elizabeth Ortiz ("Ortiz") brought suit against State Farm Insurance Company ("State Farm") claiming that State Farm handled her insurance claim in bad faith and sought both compensatory and punitive damages. The jury found State Farm liable. Ortiz appeals numerous trial decisions contending that the district court erred in: (1) directing a verdict for State Farm on the issue of punitive damages; (2) excluding evidence pertaining to the amount of compensatory damages, (3) calculation of prejudgment interest, and (4) calculation of attorney's fees. We affirm in part and reverse in…