Ericksen v. Pearson

Brodkey, J., Retired.

Plaintiff, James Ericksen, brought this negligence action against the defendants, Dean C. Pearson, doing business as Northeast Nebraska Insurance Agency, and A. R. Berry, employee, for failure to procure insurance in the amounts of coverage requested. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal from that verdict. The plaintiff cross-appeals on the issues of the credit allowed against the verdict and the failure of the court to allow attorney fees.

The facts out of which this case arose are as follows. Plaintiff, James Ericksen, was the owner of a…