Jurors wanted to send a message to health insurer Aetna after hearing how the company's overworked doctors denied an Oklahoma cancer patient's claim for coverage for proton beam therapy. The jury awarded $25.5 million to the patient's estate and to her husband, a retired Oklahoma City firefighter, in the bad-faith case against the company.
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Oklahoma County jury hits health insurer Aetna with $25.5 million verdict