Pirkl v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Ass'n

CARTER, Justice.

Both the insured and the insurer appeal from the judgment of the district court following a jury trial to recover actual and punitive damages based on the insurer’s failure to pay a theft loss claim.

The case involves the claim of plaintiff, Donald F. Pirkl, a Johnson County farmer, who contends that the defendant Northwestern Mutual Insurance Association breached its contract of insurance and acted in bad faith when it failed to pay his claim for a reported theft of approximately sixty-nine feeder pigs. After hearing the evidence, the jury awarded plaintiff $1228.20 in…