Reynolds v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance

766 P.2d 1243 (1988)

115 Idaho 362

Weldon REYNOLDS, Plaintiff-Respondent, Cross-Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN HARDWARE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Respondent.

No. 16726.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

December 30, 1988.

Brady, Saetrum, Tingey, Day & Joyce, Chartered, Boise, for defendant-appellant-cross-respondent.

Ringert, Clark, Harrington, Reid, Christensen & Kaufman, Boise, for plaintiff-respondent-cross-appellant. Andrew M. Harrington, argued.

SMITH, Judge Pro Tem.[1]

Today we are asked whether Idaho law will support a cause of action in tort against an insurer that…