Knox-Tenn Rental Co. v. Jenkins Insurance, Inc.

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

We granted this appeal to clarify certain issues raised at the trial level and considered by the Chancellor in dismissal of the cause at the conclusion of the plaintiff's proof.

Knox-Tenn Rental Company filed a complaint against Jenkins Insurance, Inc., and its owner, Ronald Jenkins, as principal defendants; his wife, Sandra Jenkins, Robert Lowe an officer of Jenkins Insurance Agency, three other corporations which Jenkins owned or in which he was substantially involved and three major insurance companies for which Jenkins Insurance acted as agent. Various defendants…