Canal Insurance v. Harrison

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Harrison sued Canal Insurance Company to recover casualty insurance benefits allegedly due him for damage to a truck. Canal denied liability, contending that the loss was not covered by the policy in question and that any contrary representations which may have been made to Harrison by the independent broker who had secured the policy on his behalf were not binding on the company due to the absence of any agency relationship between itself and that broker. The case was tried before a jury, which determined that Canal was liable for benefits in the amount of $5,650.85,…