Metropolitan Property & Casualty v. Harper

Plaintiff Metropolitan Property and Casualty (Metropolitan) appeals from a final judgment entered in this breach of contract and negligence action, arising from a fire that destroyed its insureds’ residence. Metropolitan asserts that the trial court erred in granting partial summary judgment in favor of defendant All City Electric, Inc. (All City), in directing verdicts in defendants’ favor on Metropolitan’s remaining claims, and in granting defendants’ motion to substitute Metropolitan as plaintiff in place of its insureds. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

In 1994, Michael…