AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY CO., ORLANDO, FLA. v. KAPLAN

No. 2998.

183 A.2d 914 (1962)

AMERICAN FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, a corporation, Appellant, v. Milton KAPLAN, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Scott, Washington, D. C., with whom Wilbert McInerney, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Stanley Klavan, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges, and CAYTON, (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in this action on a lawyer's protective liability policy. Defendant insurance company has appealed.

Milton Kaplan, a member of the bar, represented both parties, seller and buyer, in a sale of real estate. He agreed with the parties that he would see to it that a prescribed amount ($2,000) of fire insurance was placed upon the premises. Subsequently the...

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