Ipock v. Union Insurance

The defendant, Union Insurance Company, appeals a jury verdict and judgment entered against it in a lawsuit brought by plaintiff, David W. Ipock, doing business as Millard Upholstery, to recover under an insurance policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff on the plaintiff’s motor home, which was destroyed by theft and fire.

The defendant assigns as error the action of the trial court in excluding evidence of plaintiff’s recent drug activity and in failing to grant defendant’s motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. We reverse, and remand for a new trial.

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