W. R. Chamberlin & Co. v. Northwestern Agencies Inc.

The issue presented in this case is whether the weight of an uncontradicted opinion by claimant’s 1 expert witness 2 is exclusively within the jury’s province.

Plaintiff is a maritime shipping company. Defendant is a company in the business of obtaining insurance for others. Plaintiff brought a declaratory judgment action alleging that defendant negligently failed to procure or verify that the full amount of insurance requested by plaintiff had been obtained, and that as a result of defendant’s negligence plaintiff suffered a monetary loss.

The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict…