Insurance : Vexatious Refusal – Statute Of Limitations – Title Insurance Policy

Where an insurer challenged a judgment against it in a title insurance policy dispute that included claims of vexatious refusal and breach of contract, the trial court did not err in refusing to submit the insurer’s request for an instruction for a statute-of-limitations defense, and the insurer did not show that alleged insufficiencies in appraisers’ testimony made the testimony inadmissible since the issue went to the weight to be given the testimony.

Judgment is affirmed.

Spalding v. Stewart Title Guaranty Company  (MLW No. 66972/Case No. WD76369 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Manners, J. (John Coghlan and Justin Nichols, Kansas City, Missouri, and John Koepke, Dallas, for appellants) (David Marcus, Kansas City, Missouri, for respondent).

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