Wolverine Insurance v. Jack Jordan, Inc.

Mobley, Justice.

Jack Jordan, Inc., sued Wolverine Insurance Company seeking to recover the amount of a judgment rendered against the plaintiff, plus penalty and attorney’s fees for the failure of the company to defend the suit and pay the judgment. The insurance company’s general'demurrer was overruled by the trial court and the exception is to that judgment.

The judgment obtained against the plaintiff arose out of an incident which occurred when one of the plaintiff’s trucks, in hauling some machinery belonging to one of the plaintiff’s customers, tried to pass under an overhead bridge on…