Brooks v. Cellin Manufacturing Co.

Smith, Justice.

Sally Brooks and her daughter, Jodi, brought suit against Cellin Manufacturing and others, alleging that their personal property was destroyed by a 1978 fire in the apartment building in which they resided. They complained that the fire was caused by negligent installation of cellulose insulation in the building’s attic. At trial in 1981 a jury verdict responded to special interrogatories by finding negligence on the part of all the defendants except Cellin, but did not find that their negligence was the proximate cause of the fire. We granted the Brookses’ writ of certiorari…