Briggs v. Thielen

C. Thomas Briggs bought a motorcycle and asked his insurance man, Patrick Thielen, to procure insurance for it. Thielen placed the business with Dairyland Insurance Company. Briggs sent his wife to Thielen's office to sign the insurance application, where Thielen also presented and she signed a rejection of underinsured motorist coverage. How this came about is disputed. Mrs. Briggs claimed that she thought her husband had discussed this coverage with Thielen and had decided to reject it; Briggs claimed that there was no such discussion. Thielen said that he always discusses this with his…