Erie Insurance Exchange v. Bledsoe

HUNTER, Judge.

Sondra Adams Bledsoe (“Bledsoe”) appeals from the trial court’s declaratory judgment after a jury verdict in favor of Erie Insurance Exchange (“Erie”), and its order denying Bledsoe’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative a new trial. Bledsoe assigns as error the trial court’s failure to give a special jury instruction regarding proximate concurrent causation in this homeowner’s insurance coverage determination suit. After a careful review of the record and briefs, we agree with Bledsoe and find that the trial court erred in failing to give such…