Cruce v. Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Co.

ULRICH, Presiding Judge.

Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Company (Auto-Owners) appeals from an adverse judgment following a jury verdict in an action brought by Betty Cruce to recover under the fire insurance provisions of two separate policies issued to her by Auto-Owners. Auto-Owners contends that the trial court erred in overruling Auto-Owners’ motion for a new trial because the trial court (1) admitted inadmissible and otherwise irrelevant hearsay into evidence by allowing a witness to testify as to the out-of-court statements of another witness, and (2) permitted a witness to take the stand…