Venable v. Import Volkswagen, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This is an appeal by the Farmers Insurance Exchange from judgments entered on jury verdicts in favor of Jesse S. Venable and Import Volkswagen, Inc. In the interest of conservation we will refer to the parties as Farmers, Venable and Import VW, respectively. Suit was brought by Venable against Farmers for loss under a collision insurance policy and against Farmers and Import VW for failure to properly repair a Volkswagen camper.

The 220 page record of the proceedings in the trial court indicates the matter was hotly contested on the claim and…