Primm v. U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance

ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.

This case is an appeal from a defendant’s verdict in favor of appellee United States Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Company (USF&G), the insurance carrier for the Van Burén School District. The appellant, Joyce Primm (formerly Joyce Suggs), argues that the trial court erred in refusing to give two instructions and further erred in permitting the school principal to sit at the counsel table with USF&G’s counsel. Because we find merit in the failure to give an instruction on the existing condition of Primm’s son, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Jerrod Suggs, a…