United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Hollerich & Walgenbach Co.

This is an appeal from various orders of the Circuit Court of La Salle County entered in a jury trial of consolidated causes of action wherein the principal parties were United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (Fidelity), Hollerich and Walgenbach Co. (H& W), a contractor engaged in asphalt road construction, and the Duncan Insurance Agency (Duncan), an agent of Fidelity.

Basic facts gathered from a voluminous record disclose that in August 1963 an officer of H & W contacted Duncan relative to the acquisition of insurance coverage and indemnity bonds necessary for a heavy road construction…