Cigna Property & Casualty Companies v. Zeitler

How courts have described this case

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• holding that no expert testimony was necessary to show the standard of care when an insurance company completely failed \to inform a client that the coverage actually obtained differs from what was sought\
• upholding the trial court’s instructions to the jury as to the requirements of the regulation, including the statement that no specific language must be used when providing notice
• describing two-count complaint litigated at trial: Count I alleged breach of contract against insurance company and Count II sought damages from insurance broker for failing to secure appropriate coverage
• no expert required where plaintiff’s negligence claim against insurance broker was based on the broker’s failure to procure an insurance policy the plaintiff specifically requested in an application
• expert testimony not required to support customer's claim that broker negligently failed to acquire the insurance requested on an application form because issue not beyond the understanding of the average juror

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).