Lloyds of London v. Lock

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellants-defendants, Lloyds of London and Michael George Miller (collectively "Underwriters", appeal a jury verdict rendered in the Dearborn Circuit Court in favor of appellee-plaintiff, Charles Lock, d/b/a Charles Lock Trucking (Lock). The trial court awarded actual and punitive damages for an allegedly wrongful denial of liability under an insurance policy covering two trucks and two trailers which were allegedly stolen.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.

Lock has owned and operated a trucking business for about the last twelve to fourteen years. In…