FARM BUREAU LIFE INS. v. HOLMES MURPHY

No. 12-0650.

831 N.W.2d 129 (2013)

FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. HOLMES MURPHY & ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Madden and Thomas M. Boes of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, and James A. Pugh of Munro Law Office, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Matthew J. Dendinger and Lewis K. Loss of Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, Washington, DC, and Richard A. Malm of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.


HECHT, Justice.

A husband and wife applied for life insurance policies from Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. The applicants later sued Farm Bureau alleging it negligently failed to notify them of their HIV-positive status. Farm Bureau settled the negligence claims, sued its insurers for indemnity, and sued its insurance broker for breach of contract and negligence in failing to provide timely notice to the insurers....

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