Bicknell, Inc. v. Havlin

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• agent negligent in failing to place sufficient coverage on plaintiffs buildings after undertaking to advise as to appropriate coverage
• experienced agent’s admission of “technical error of judgment” sufficient to raise inference of negligence without further expert testimony
• admitted “technical error of judgment” by insurance broker supported inference of both negligence and breach of contract
• since insurance agent made frequent recommendations about coverage, jury appropriately found that insured could rely on agent to obtain sufficient coverage
• broker made an assertion that property owner reasonably understood to mean that he would add $100,000 of blanket coverage covering all the plaintiffs warehouses but instead procured $50,000 of specific coverage on each of two warehouses

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