Farrington Motors, Inc. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Farrington Motors, Incorporated, filed this action on a comprehensive dishonesty, disappearance, and destruction policy issued to it by the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York. A jury verdict resulted in favor of the insurance company.

The sole issue is the relationship that existed between appellant and one Fred Darnell as to whether he was an employee within the terms of the policy.' It is not disputed that the appellant sustained a loss in the amount of $2,539 as the result of the fraudulent and dishonest acts of Darnell in disposing of automobiles belonging to…