Legal Opinion
Jorgensen v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 23, 1962No. 9602PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice.
Plaintiffs suffered loss from the freezing of plants and bulbs in their greenhouse and sued to recover on the ground that this loss came within the terms of a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant. From a judgment by the court in favor of the plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
Plaintiffs operate the Dimple Dell Floral Company in the southern environs of Salt Lake City. Their greenhouse is heated by an oil furnace which is operated by an electric motor. The temperature is supposed to be maintained about 65 degrees and an alarm sounds when it drops below 53 degrees. On the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Charlton v. HackettUtah Supreme Court · 1961
- Continental Bank and Trust Company v. BybeeUtah Supreme Court · 1957
- Handley v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkUtah Supreme Court · 1944
- Security Ins. Co. of New Haven v. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Baron Corp. v. Piedmont Fire InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1937
3Cited by17 opinions
- J.R. Maffei Richard Maffei Betty J. Maffei v. Northern Insurance Company of New York Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Zions First National Bank, N.A. v. National American Title Insurance Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1988
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. SandtUtah Supreme Court · 1993
- PE Ashton Company v. JoynerUtah Supreme Court · 1965
- Christensen v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeUtah Supreme Court · 1968
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