Shrewsbery v. National Grange Mutual Insurance

NEELY, Chief Justice:

Earl F. Shrewsbery appeals to this Court the entry of a directed verdict against him in the Circuit Court of Raleigh County in his action to recover damages occasioned by his termination as an independent agent for the National Grange Mutual Insurance Co.

Mr. Shrewsbery, an independent insurance agent in Beckley, became an agent for National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. on 1 July 1980. On that date, the parties signed a contract called the Agency Agreement, which governs the parties’ rights and obligations. Mr. Shrewsbery wrote more than seven hundred policies for National…