Fees v. Mutual Fire & Automobile Insurance Co.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Kenneth Albert Fees, Jr., individually, and as father and next of friend for his two children, and Janet Elaine Fees, his wife, filed their petition on April 2, 1990. They claimed damages based upon breach of contract, bad-faith failure to settle, misrepresentation, slander, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The petition named as defendants Mutual Fire and Automobile Insurance Company, the insurer; David Temple Insurance Services, an agency of the insurer; and John Woodland, a fire investigator employed by the insurer. The petition alleged…