Legal Opinion
Benante v. United Pacific Life Insurance Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1995No. 37S03-9505-CV-548PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
SULLIVAN, Justice.
At issue in this case is whether an insurance broker who represents several insurance companies can be found to be an agent for a particular company even if no application for insurance was made to (and no policy issued by) that company, thereby exposing that company to liability for the broker's acts.
Facts
Margie Benante, a widow living in Highland, Indiana, contacted Joseph Kobielak, an insurance salesman, in 1987 after she heard him on a local radio station telling listeners that he sold insurance products. Kobiclak first met with Benante at…
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- Weinisch v. SawyerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
- Jones v. GleimIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
- Stockberger v. Meridian Mutual InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Mortgage Consultants, Inc. v. MahaneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
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