Snowden Ex Rel. Estate of Snowden v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

ORDER

PAUL, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company’s Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Alternative Motion for New Trial is before the Court. This case was tried before a jury between June 18 and July 22, 2001. In the action, Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Lumber-mens Mutual Casualty Company (Lum-bermans) breached its fiduciary duty to its insured by failing to attempt to settle a negligence claim stemming from an automobile accident that occurred on December 25, 1996. In the accident, the Snowdens’ (the insureds) granddaughter, driving the…