Trouten v. Heritage Mutual Insurance Co.

[¶ 1.] Justice Robert A. Amundson delivers the majority opinion of the Court on Issue One which holds that the trial court erred in permitting the plaintiff to maintain a direct action suit against the defendant as a third party beneficiary of a contract.

[¶ 2.] Circuit Judge Timothy R. Johns delivers the majority opinion of the Court on Issue Two which holds that the trial court erred in permitting the plaintiff to proceed against the defendant for bad faith breach of an obligation to pay under a contract.

AMUNDSON, Justice, writing for the majority on Issue One.

[¶ 3.] Heritage Mutual…