J. R. Norton Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

OPINION

FROEB, Chief Judge.

The primary issue in this case is whether the dishonest act of an employee was causally related to losses sustained by the employer to a degree sufficient to bring it within the terms of a fidelity insurance policy. The appeal grows out of a lawsuit filed by J. R. Norton Company, the employer (referred to as “Norton”) against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, the insurer (referred to as “Fireman’s Fund”). After Norton had presented its evidence at trial, the trial court granted a directed verdict in favor of Fireman’s Fund on the ground that, as a matter of law, the…