Hellbaum v. Burwell & Morford

Horowitz, A. C. J.

Plaintiffs sued defendant corporation Burwell and Morford (Burwell), a mortgage broker and insurance agent, for damages caused by Burwell’s failure to provide adequate fire insurance on plaintiffs’ house. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for the plaintiffs contending that the evidence is insufficient to warrant any such judgment and that alternatively defendant is entitled to a new trial.

We must assume the truth of the plaintiffs’ evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom and interpret the evidence below most strongly against the defendant…