Tyler v. Grange Ins. Ass'n

The Grange Insurance Association appeals from a judgment against them for $29,087.40 entered in favor of Norman E. Tyler, their insured, by the court sitting without a jury. That sum represents the difference between the policy limits of Norman Tyler and the amount of a verdict rendered against him, plus interest. The issues on appeal are whether the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law are supported by the record and the nature of the duty owed by Grange to Tyler.

In 1962, Gordon L. Tyler and Norman E. Tyler, who are brothers, went out for an evening of bowling. They later stopped…