HOEKSTRA v. FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO.

No. 84-1923.

382 N.W.2d 100 (1986)

Timothy HOEKSTRA and Cynthia Hoekstra, Appellees, v. FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Pugh of Morain, Burlingame, Pugh & Juhl, West Des Moines, for appellant.

David A. Opheim and Greg Knoploh of Kersten, Opheim & Carlson, Fort Dodge, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Farm Bureau Insurance Company has appealed from a judgment entered upon a jury's verdict awarding compensatory damages for breach of an insurance contract. Plaintiffs, Timothy and Cynthia Hoekstra, cross-appeal from a directed verdict for defendant on a count of their petition alleging a bad faith failure to settle their fire loss claim. We affirm on both appeals.

From the evidence adduced at trial, the jury could have...

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