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

This is a maritime insurance case in which plaintiff Pacific Hawaiian Lines 1 alleges that defendant insurance agency negligently failed to procure the full amount of insurance which plaintiffs requested and paid for or to verify that full coverage had been obtained. Plaintiff suffered a loss when two of its barges were damaged and received only 85 percent of the compensation for which they paid premiums. Plaintiff then brought this declaratory judgment action alleging that defendant failed to use due diligence in its effort to obtain full coverage. The jury returned a verdict for defendant.…