OSTRANDER v. FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO.

No. 19255.

851 P.2d 946 (1993)

123 Idaho 650

Diane OSTRANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF IDAHO, INC., an Idaho corporation; Western Community Insurance Company, an Idaho corporation; Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance, Inc., a Colorado corporation, authorized to do business and doing business in Idaho; Farm Insurance Brokerage Company, an Idaho corporation; and Dave Hart, both individually and in his representative capacity as District Manager with the Farm Bureau family of Insurance Companies, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Lewiston, October 1992 Term.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1993.

Dissenting Opinion on Rehearing of Justice Bistline May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skinner, Fawcett & Mauk, Boise, for appellant. W. Craig James argued.

Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, Boise, for respondents. Candy Wagahoff Dale argued.


TROUT, Justice.

I.

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Diane Ostrander (Ostrander) was an insurance agent for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) for fourteen years before her agreement was terminated in March, 1990. Under the terms of her Special Agent's Agreement with Farm Bureau, Ostrander was an independent contractor. The agreement specified that either party could cancel the agreement at any time, with or without cause.

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