Walker v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

Tennessee Farmers, Defendant-Appellant, appeals a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court for Hamilton County, upon a jury verdict, making award for both breach of Defendant’s insurance contract in connection with the theft of a truck owned by Ronald G. Walker, Plaintiff-Appellee, and a bad faith penalty because of Defendant’s refusal to pay.

There are 12 separate assignments of error; however, they fall into three categories: (1) failure of the Court to direct a verdict in favor of the Defendant, (2) failure of the Court to direct a verdict as to the bad faith penalty,…