Saunders v. Lloyd's of London

The Court of Appeals affirmed the directed verdicts dismissing, for lack of evidence, petitioner Larry Saunders' suit to recover insurance proceeds. His policy stated that it terminated before the date the incident occurred. Saunders argues, however, that he presented sufficient evidence for jury consideration under theories of waiver, estoppel, and violation of the Consumer Protection Act. Under the facts of this case, we agree that the jury should have been allowed to consider evidence supporting estoppel as applied to the respondent insurance companies, Superior Underwriters (Superior) and…