Bailey v. Polster

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit to enforce the terms of a compromise settlement of bodily injury and property damage claims. Thomas and Doris Peterson and their minor son Vincent were injured and their automobile damaged in a collision with an automobile owned and operated by one Eddie Thomas, Jr. The appellee Commercial Standard Insurance Company (herein called Commercial Standard) was notified and, acting under the mistaken belief that it had insured Eddie Thomas, Jr. against such liability, negotiated a settlement of the claim with the appellant Claire E. Bailey, the attorney representing…