Zumwalt v. Utilities Insurance

In the circuit court of the city of St. Louis the plaintiffs filed this action on the grounds of defendant’s bad faith and negligence in failing to settle the law suit styled Burneson v. Zumwalt Company within the limits of a $10,000 policy of liability insurance issued by defendant. The plaintiffs also sought to recover attorney’s fee and penalties for vexatious delay and punitive damages. The plaintiffs recovered $7,012.77 actual damages, which' was the amount and interest they had to pay of the judgment in the Burneson case after it was affirmed by this court. Our opinion is reported in…