Progress Laundry Co. v. Schweik

Plaintiff brought an action against defendants to recover $3,133.61, claimed to be due for failure of defendants to see that proper insurance was written covering plaintiff’s property. Defendants denied liability. The case was tried before the court without a jury, there was a finding and judgment in defendants’ favor and plaintiff appeals.

The theory of plaintiff is that it was conducting a laundry in Chicago and employed defendants as insurance brokers to procure policies covering plaintiff’s property; that defendants failed to do this, as a result of which plaintiff sustained a loss for…