Ernst v. Logan Oldsmobile Co.

Plaintiff purchasd an automobile from the defendant, and, as part of the transaction, according to his claim, ordered from the defendant a policy of bodily injury and property damage insurance. Later, according to plaintiff’s claim, an agent of defendant represented to him that he was “fully protected and covered.” In fact no such policy of insurance was ever issued. While driving the automobile plaintiff had a collision in which another driver, J. P. Cramer, Jr., was injured and his car damaged. Cramer brought an action for damages against the plaintiff, who employed an attorney to defend…