Barnes v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM

COHN, District Judge.

I

This suit arises out of defendant’s refusal to pay for losses incurred during a fire. There is no genuine dispute over the material facts. Matthew Barnes (Barnes), along with his prior wife Eileen, were insured by defendant against loss by fire and other causes. A fire damaged the insured property (real and personal) on August 19, 1984. Defendant refused to pay Barnes’s claim for loss because it accused him of complicity in arson. Plaintiffs subsequently brought this suit. The contract of insurance is the Michigan Standard Fire Policy, Mich.Comp.Laws…