Morgan v. Wartenbee

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Plaintiff Morgan sued defendant Warten-bee, an insurance broker, for the latter’s failure to procure requested fire insurance on plaintiff’s building and its contents. Trial to a jury resulted in a $25,000.00 judgment in favor of plaintiff, from which defendant appeals. His attorneys on this appeal did not participate in the trial of the case.

In May, 1973, plaintiff was in the course of completing the construction of a diesel repair shop on property in close proximity to his home. At that time he obtained $5,000 fire insurance on the incompleted shop from Iowa National…