Panepinto v. Allstate Insurance

opinion of the court

WlLMER J. PATPOW, J.

This is an action by plaintiff insured to recover the value of his specially built show car where the premiums paid on his $25,000 insurance policy were consistent with the value of an ordinary automobile of the same year and model.

Sometime prior to September, 1976 plaintiff approached defendant Allen E. Gaesser, a licensed insurance broker, and requested that defendant Gaesser procure a fire and theft insurance policy to protect his specially built 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu show car. Defendant Gaesser, after unsuccessful attempts to secure such…