Bohn v. Abbott

The plaintiffs’ complaint alleged that they were in the process of constructing a residence, and that the defendant, as the owner of an insurance agency, sold the plaintiffs an insurance policy. The effective date of such policy was stated to be April 23, 1970. On May 7, 1970, a basement wall of the residence collapsed, and plain*103tiffs claim an additional expenditure of $1,984.14 to restore the basement wall.

The gravamen of the complaint consisted of allegations that the defendant negligently failed to write an insurance policy to cover the loss occasioned by the collapsing basement wall. In…