Legal Opinion
Midamar Corp.v. National-Ben Franklin Insurance Co. of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1990No. Nos. 89-1014, 89-1064PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff Midamar sued its insurers, defendants National Ben Franklin Insurance Company of Illinois and Marine Office of America Corporation, after they refused to pay a claim made by Midamar in October, 1985, when goods Midamar had shipped to Saudi Arabia were damaged during customs inspections. The trial court directed a verdict in the insurers’ favor on plaintiff’s bad faith claim, and a jury found in the insurers’ favor on plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. The jury found the insurers liable under a promissory estoppel theory, however, and awarded…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Anderson v. Continental InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Dolan v. Aid Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Tomerlin v. Canadian Indemnity Co.California Supreme Court · 1964
- Susan E. Morrow, an Incompetent v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Susan E. Morrow, an Incompetent v. Douglas H. HuberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Ruth Johnson v. John Rogers, County of Meeker of the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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