Terra Nova Insurance v. Associates Commercial Corp.

ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

It all began in February, 1982. Brian Scharbarth’s truck started tormenting him with mechanical troubles on a run from Wisconsin to California. Lesser truckers might have gotten their vehicles repaired, but Scharbarth arranged to have his stolen. Right there at a truck stop in Sparks, Nevada. Sierra Sid’s, to be exact. He did it for the insurance money. And before you could say “chop shop,” the truck was in one in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where it was quickly stripped and dismantled. Scharbarth, just as quickly, made a claim for his “loss” with his…