Fox v. Industrial Casualty Insurance Co.

Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Northwest Insurance Brokers, Inc., and Industrial Casualty Insurance Company alleging, inter alia, violations of the Consumer Fraud Act. The trial court dismissed count IV of the complaint directed at Industrial. Plaintiffs appeal from this dismissal and argue that count IV adequately alleged a principal-agent relationship between Industrial and Northwest.

We reverse and remand.

Due to the nature of this appeal, we need only summarize the pertinent allegations of counts I and IV of the complaint.

In count I, plaintiffs alleged that Northwest…