State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Newell

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant below from a judgment of the circuit court of Franklin County rendered on a jury verdict in favor of appellees, plaintiffs below, and also from an adverse ruling on appellant’s motion for a new trial.

The suit was originally brought by Ralph J. Newell. By amendment prior to trial, appellee Associates Discount Corporation (referred to hereinafter as “Associates”) joined in the suit as a co-plaintiff.

As last amended, the complaint consisted of counts B and C. Both counts seek recovery under an alleged oral contract of collision insurance…