HANS COIFFURES INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. HEJNA

No. 33892.

469 S.W.2d 38 (1971)

HANS COIFFURES INTERNATIONAL, INC., and Hans Coiffures International, Inc., d/b/a Duke and Duchess Wigs and Toupess, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Paul HEJNA, d/b/a Hejna Insurance Agency, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

June 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Cornfeld, by Donald W. Bird and Francis M. Oates, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Evans & Dixon by Ralph C. Kleinschmidt and R. J. Slater, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

The issue here concerns the extent of an insurance agent's liability for his negligent failure to procure a burglary policy ordered by his customer.

Plaintiff, a corporate wigmaker, had a $7,500 verdict and judgment against defendant insurance agent based upon a burglary loss for which defendant-agent had promised but negligently failed to provide insurance. Defendant appeals, his sole contention being that he was entitled to a directed...

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