Roemelmeyer v. Richard A. Marshall Insurance Agency

The appellant was the plaintiff below, who instituted this law suit in order to recover for a loss of property he sustained by virtue of a robbery of his business premises, on the theory that the defendant-appellee negligently failed to execute *754certain insurance binders which would have covered the theft. Trial was had on the issues of liability and damages, after which the jury rendered its verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing his damages in the amount of $97,556.50. The defendants immediately filed their motion for a new trial, and as grounds therefor, argued that the trial court…