St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Pearson Construction Co.

MILLER, Judge.

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company [St. Paul] and Insurance Company of North America [INA] (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Insurance Companies) paid $26,915.00 and $65,779.58 respectively for water damage to the property of their insured, J.C. Sipe [Sipe], a retail jeweler, allegedly caused by the failure of a valve in a cold water line in Sipe’s tenant space in the AUL Tower, in Indianapolis. The Insurance Companies then brought this sub-rogation action against general contractor, Pearson Construction Company [Contractor] who contracted to do the finish work…