Continental Insurance Company v. Hawkins

Banke, Judge.

The plaintiff, B. L. Hawkins, brought this action against the defendant liability insurer to obtain indemnification for the amount of a judgment rendered against him in a suit by several store owners to recover for water damage caused by his alleged negligence in installing a sprinkler system in a shopping mall. The plaintiff also seeks to recover from the insurer attorney fees, litigation expenses, and a bad-faith penalty.

The defendant denied liability, based on a contention that the damage occurred after the installation of the sprinkler system had been completed, a contingency…