Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Aalco Wrecking Company, Inc., a Corporation

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff insurance companies initiated this subrogation action to recover the damages to their assureds arising from a fire loss at the Shapleigh Warehouse Complex in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 4, 1965. Plaintiffs received a jury verdict against the defendant, Aalco Wrecking Company, Inc., who was engaged in demolition work at the complex; however, on post trial motions the district court granted defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. and alternatively under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(c) defendant’s motion for new trial. Plaintiffs now appeal this judgment.…