Legal Opinion
Wright v. DAVE JOHNSON INS. INC.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 24, 2012No. 40531-8-IIPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Van Deren J.
¶1 David Johnson hired his son-in-law, John Wright, to help him run Johnson’s new insurance agency. When relations between the two soured, Wright quit and took with him Johnson’s personal insurance policies that Johnson had given to Wright so Wright could use the proceeds from the policies to buy the insurance agency should Johnson die. Johnson, with his wife and the agency (collectively the Johnsons), sued Wright for return of the policies, and Wright counterclaimed for compensation from the agency that Johnson allegedly promised but did not pay. Following a bench trial, the…
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