Hazuka v. Maryland Casualty Company

This is an action to recover a loss alleged to have occurred under the provisions of a safe burglary policy of insurance. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for $2,000, the maximum liability assumed by the insurer. The defendant has appealed.

The plaintiffs were the owners and operators of a tavern in Omaha known as Hazuka’s Friendly Comer. During the early morning of August 11, 1964, the plaintiff, Godfrey Hazuka, testified that he closed the tavern, placed money in excess of $2,000 in a safe in his basement, threw the, bolt to a closed position, and turned the combination on the…