Legal Opinion

Overholt Crop Insurance Service Co. v. Travis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 14, 1991No. Nos. 90-5453, 90-5454PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Overholt Crop Insurance Company (Over-holt) brought this diversity action against Richard Travis, John Salzsiedler, James Nielsen, and IGF Insurance Company (IGF) for wrongfully taking from Overholt and delivering to IGF a substantial portion of Overholt’s South Dakota crop insurance business. A jury found for Overholt and awarded damages in excess of one million dollars. The defendants appeal, and we affirm.

FACTS

Overholt is a general insurance agency which sells crop insurance policies to farmers. It serves as the general agency for Home Farmers Mutual Insurance…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Cherne Industrial, Inc. v. Grounds & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Coy R. GROGAN and John Henson, Appellees, v. Frank J. GARNER, Jr., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  4. Barr/Nelson, Inc. v. Tonto's, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  5. State Ex Rel. Meierhenry v. Spiegel, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Loewen Group International, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. William J. HaberichterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998

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