Wyoming Supreme Court, 1988

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Bowen

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Bowen
Wyoming Supreme Court · Decided June 3, 1988 · Brown, Cardine, MacY, Rooney, Thomas
756 P.2d 773; 1988 Wyo. LEXIS 83; 1988 WL 55306 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Bowen

Opinion of the Court

ROONEY, Retired Justice.

This is a companion case to State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Paulson, Wyo., 756 P.2d 764 (1988). The damage to appellant’s residence was caused by the same storm which damaged the Paulson residence. The insurance polices involved were the same. The trial court incorporated the opinion letter in the Paulson case into its Declaratory Judgment, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this case. In a short opinion letter in this case, the trial court stated:

“The principal difference in the evidence between Paulson and Bowen was that in Paulson, falling hail directly broke the window and in Bowen, large masses of hail bom by water broke the window, but the outside glass or plexiglass 'bubble’ coverings over the window wells that Mr. Bowen had installed were broken by hail’s direct impact.”

The Declaratory Judgment, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this case were identical to those in the Paulson case in all respects pertinent to this appeal.

*774Accordingly, and for the reasons stated in the Paulson case, the judgment against appellant in this case is reversed.

CARDINE, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

CARDINE, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent from the majority opinion for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion filed in State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Paulson, Wyo., 756 P.2d 764 (1988).

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