Continental Divide Insurance Co. v. Western Skies Management, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge RUSSEL.

Plaintiff, Continental Divide Insurance Company (Continental), appeals the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant, Western Skies Management, Inc. (Western). We affirm.

I. Background

S2-Waterside (S2) owned an office building and hired Western to manage it. Brian Hughes, a former tenant of the building, sued S2 and Western for negligence and wrongful eviction (the Hughes action). The jury found for Hughes, and the court entered a judgment against Western and S2 for a net verdict of $637,500 plus interest and costs. Western paid Hughes $637,500. S2 paid Hughes…