Peterson v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.

Defendant challenges the judgment on these grounds: (1) The award of damages was excessive; (2) plaintiff’s counsel made allegedly improper statements upon argument to the jury and the trial court did not take adequate measures to protect defendant from resulting prejudice; (3) plaintiff’s counsel discussed the defense interposed by defendant with defendant’s insured before defendant’s counsel had the opportunity to do so; (4) the court did not correctly submit to the jury the issue of whether plaintiffs injury was caused intentionally by the insured. We conclude that the evidence does not…