{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"insurance-professionals-inc","displayName":"Insurance Professionals, INC.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86593:undated","opinionId":"30dbace9-e01b-5d6c-aa04-948fa00c929c","slug":"insurance-professionals-inc-v-progressive-casualty-insurance-company-d86593","caseName":"Insurance Professionals, INC.\nvs.\nProgressive Casualty Insurance Company","caseNumber":"WD86593","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Insurance Professionals, Inc. (IPI) appealed the dismissal of its petition against Progressive Casualty Insurance Company for contractual indemnity. IPI, an insurance broker, claimed Progressive, an insurance provider, breached their Producer's Agreement by failing to defend and indemnify IPI in an underlying negligence lawsuit brought by a client, EMRE Transportation, LLC. The appellate court affirmed the dismissal, holding that under Kansas's \"one-action\" rule, IPI's claim was barred because Progressive's proportion of fault was not determined in the original negligence action, which is a prerequisite for a contractual indemnity claim based on negligence.","primaryTopic":"contracts","topicSlugs":["contracts","civil-procedure","insurance","negligence","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=215894","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/insurance-professionals-inc-v-progressive-casualty-insurance-company-d86593","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"insurance-bad-faith","label":"Insurance Bad Faith","href":"/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith"}],"role":"appellant"}]}