Cockman v. White

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendant, her insurance agent, to recover damages for defendant’s alleged failure to provide collision insurance coverage on plaintiffs automobile, which was totally demolished in a collision with a train. After the jury had reached an eleven to one impasse, the trial court declared a mistrial, reconsidered defendant’s motion for directed verdict based on plaintiffs failure to put on evidence of damages to the car, and granted defendant’s motion. Plaintiff appeals that action, as well as the court’s striking of testimony on the value of the auto prior to the…