Legal Opinion
Kobbeman v. Oleson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1998No. NonePublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] After his injury in an automobile accident, Dominie Kobbeman collected the policy limits from the tortfeasor’s insurance company, but Kobbeman believed his damages exceeded that amount. He took an assignment of the tortfeasor’s cause of action against his insurance agents in exchange for a covenant not to execute on any judgment Kobbeman might obtain against him. Kob-beman then sued the agents for failure to procure additional insurance. The trial court granted summary judgment for the agents holding the tortfeasor had sustained no loss for lack of added insurance,…
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