Supreme Court Orders Insurance Coverage for Ranchers' Claims
The Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that favored DeSmet Mutual Insurance Company in a claim brought by the Papousek family of Quinn, SD for cattle lost in the 2013 Winter Storm Atlas. Atlas brought torrential rain and heavy snowstorms that killed more than 43,000 head of cattle in South Dakota. DeSmet had sold Papouseks a policy promising to pay for drowned cattle. When the Papouseks lost 93 yearling heifers in the storm, worth $3,000 a head, a doctor of...
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