LEAFGREEN v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 15156.

393 N.W.2d 275 (1986)

Floyd "Bud" LEAFGREEN and Joyce M. Leafgreen, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., American Family Life Insurance Co., and American Standard Insurance Co., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Mueller, Chamberlain, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Warren W. May of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for defendants and appellees.


WUEST, Justice.

Floyd and Joyce Leafgreen (Leafgreens) appeal from a grant of summary judgment in an action charging American Family Insurance Company (American Family) with vicarious liability for conversion committed upon the Leafgreens by American Family Insurance Agent Edmund K. Arndt (Arndt). We affirm.

In February 1968, American Family and Arndt entered into an agreement whereby Arndt became an independent agent for the sale of insurance policies issued...

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