Quality Furniture, Inc. v. Hay

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Quality Furniture, Inc., doing business as Wigwam Furniture Store, brought a negligence action against Jerry Hay, individually, Jerry Hay, Inc., Pacific Insurance Co., 2 et al., 3 for failure to procure insurance. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found for the defendants.

We affirm.

Jerry Hay was a salesman and president of Jerry Hay, Inc., an insurance consulting firm. For several years before 1969, Jerry Hay provided insurance services for William Stone, the vice-president and executive officer of Quality Furniture. Through this contact, Jerry…