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- Title: Fillinger v. Northwestern Agency
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 03, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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Submitted on Briefs April 17, 1997. Northwestern Agency, Inc., hereinafter ""Northwestern,"" appeals from the judgment and jury verdict of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County. The Respondents, collectively referred to herein as the ""Fillingers,"" filed a cross-appeal but have elected only to respond to the issues raised by Northwestern and do not pursue their cross-appeal. The Fillingers filed a complaint against Northwestern seeking to recover alleged economic losses incurred as a consequence of Northwestern's procurement of an insurance policy which did not afford the coverage allegedly requested by the Fillingers, and which coverage they believed Northwestern had procured for them. Western Heritage, the insurer, was originally joined as a defendant in this action, but settled with the Fillingers prior to trial. The Fillingers dropped their separate individual claims. The case was submitted to the jury on a Special Verdict with eighteen questions pertaining to five separate legal theories including: negligent failure to procure the insurance coverage requested; negligent failure to inform the Fillingers that the requested coverage was not procured; negligent misrepresentation; breach of oral contract; and breach of §§ 33-18-201, MCA, et. seq. The jury returned a verdict which found Northwestern liable on all five theories and assessed $125,000 in damages. We affirm.