SUCHTA v. ROBINETT

No. 5034.

596 P.2d 1380 (1979)

Floyd SUCHTA, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Wayne C. ROBINETT, Allstate Insurance Company, Fidelity and Casualty Company and Underwriters Adjusting Company, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. McCarty, Casper, for appellant.

W.W. Reeves and J.N. Murdock of Cardine, Vlastos & Reeves, Casper, for appellees Robinett, Fidelity and Casualty Co. and Underwriters Adjusting Co.

Alfred M. Pence, Laramie, for appellee Allstate Ins. Co.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

Floyd Suchta seeks from this court the promulgation of a rule that an automobile liability insurance company owes a duty to its insured to advise him with respect to his reciprocal claim for damages, and to protect his interests in that regard. The opinion of this court in Woodstock v. Evanoff, Wyo., 550 P.2d 1132 (1976), leads to the ineluctable conclusion that our law recognizes no such duty. We then must...

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