Adriatic Insurance Co. Inc. v. Willingham

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Sam Willingham, d/b/a Willingham's Body Shop, and against one of the defendants, Adriatic Insurance Company, Inc. ("Adriatic"), in a fraud case. Adriatic argues that the judgment is due to be reversed because the jury did not also return a verdict against the other defendant, an agent of Adriatic. Adriatic argues that because its liability was based solely on alleged misrepresentations made by its agent, the jury could not properly return a verdict against Adriatic without also returning a verdict against…