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Robert G. Palmer

Robert Palmer

Robert Gray Palmer Co., LPA
140 East Town Street, Suite 1200
Columbus, OH 43215
Contact Contact Robert G. Palmer
T: 614-484-1200
F: 614-484-1201

Visit: www.rgpalmerlaw.com
Practice areas: Insurance Coverage (40%), Professional Liability: Plaintiff (40%), Estate & Trust Litigation (20%)

Profile

Bob Palmer takes on a broad range of cases in all Ohio state and federal courts. From obtaining a $51 million jury verdict for an insurer's bad faith denial of health care, to changing uninsured motorist insurance coverage law, to proving breach of fiduciary duty by bank trustees, to prosecuting probate, aviation, professional malpractice, serious injury (including traumatic brain injury) and wrongful death cases, Bob's 30 years of trial experience benefits his clients. Bob served as a USAF Judge Advocate, and is active in AAJ and OAJ as well as the Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and honored to be named again to the Super Lawyers list.

Selected to:

Ohio Super Lawyers 2009
Ohio Super Lawyers 2008
Ohio Super Lawyers 2007
Ohio Super Lawyers 2006
Ohio Super Lawyers 2005
Ohio Super Lawyers 2004

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About Robert Palmer

Admitted: 1976, Ohio

Professional Webpage: rgpalmerlawfirm.com/jsp2852167.jsp

Bar/Professional Activity: The American Association of Justice (Federal Tort Liability and Military Advocacy Section, Chair 1999-2000, 1994-1995 and 1988-1990); Ohio Association of Justice (Insurance Law Section, Chair 1987-1989, Civil & Business Law Section, Chair 1989-1991); Central Ohio Association of Justice; Ohio State Bar Association (Council of Delegates, 2003-09; Negligence Law Committee, Chair 1998-2000, 1986-1990; Member, Public Understanding Advisory Board, 1998-00); Columbus Bar Association (Board of Governors, 2003-07); American Bar Association; The Columbus Bar Foundation (Trustee 1990-98; President 1996-1997; Trustee 2007 -)); Supreme Court of Ohio, Committee on Dispute Resolution (1993-1994); Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on the Rules of Superintendence for Ohio Courts (2006 - );  Supreme Court of Ohio Task Force on Commercial Dockets (2007 -).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: “A Green-Eyed Monster? Punitive Damages & Attorney Fees,” Mealey’s Managed Care Liability Report (Volume 7, Issue #8, April 25, 2003) and Mealey’s Litigation Report Insurance Bad Faith (Volume17, Issue #2 , May 21, 2003) published by Lexis-Nexis   “Altered and ‘Lost’ Medical Records: Evidence of Spoliation of Records in Medical Negligence Actions,” TRIAL, Medical Negligence, May, 1999 
Verdicts and Settlements: Trial and Appellate Counsel in Dardinger v Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 98 Ohio St.3d 77, 2002-Ohio-7113, where jury awarded $2,500,000 compensatory and $49,000,000 punitive damages for bad faith denial and processing of managed health care benefit and, which was reported in the National Law Journal’s Annual Survey of 1999’s largest jury awards and in the Ohio Lawyers Weekly as the highest Ohio jury award in 1999, which punitive damages award was remitted by the Supreme Court of Ohio to $30,000,000 of which $14,700,000 was used to establish The Esther L. Dardinger Neuro-Oncology Center at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; in Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1992), 63 Ohio St.3d 708, where Supreme Court of Ohio held unconscionable an insurance policy uninsured arbitration provision which favored insurance company, and in Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 553, where same court held that each person covered by an uninsured motorist policy who is asserting claim (injured wife and husband for loss of consortium) has separate claim subject to a separate per person policy limit. 
Educational Background: DePauw University (B.A., 1967); Washington University (J.D., 1970)
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