Stuyvesant Insurance v. Square D. Co.

HENDRY, Judge.

Stuyvesant Insurance Company, plaintiff in the trial court, appeals from summary final judgments entered in favor of appel-lees Square D. Company (Square D), and Cook, Sloan & Lowe Engineers (Cook). We reverse.

Appellant Stuyvesant issued a fire insurance policy on Ocean Pavillion, an apartment complex built in 1969. On September 22, 1973, during the policy period, a fire occurred at the Pavillion which was traced to electrical equipment in the aluminum bus ducting system. Stuyvesant paid the Pavil-lion owners $275,000 and became subrogat-ed to the owners’ rights vis-a-vis third…