Peterson v. Silva

The plaintiff Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company (GNY) seeks to recover from the defendants, Cynthia Silva and Sheryl Stevoff,- the money that GNY paid to its insured, Stanton Realty Trust (Stanton). GNY’s claim arose from a fire in a residential apartment building owned by Stan*752ton. GNY paid Stanton $201,271.93 for property damage to the building. GNY then sought to recover the amount it paid from the defendants, who were tenants at the time of the fire. GNY claimed that the defendants negligently started the fire and that it is entitled to indemnification based on a clause in the…