St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Perl

YETKA, Justice.

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (hereinafter St. Paul), the plaintiff below, filed a motion for summary judgment in its suit for subrogation of insurance claims paid on behalf of Perl’s law firm. Perl filed a cross-motion for partial summary *664judgment, alleging that one of the firm’s by-laws, which purportedly requires his indemnification, extinguished any subrogation rights possessed by St. Paul. The trial court granted St. Paul’s motion and denied Perl’s, but found the issue doubtful and important and had it certified for review by this court.

Although the trial court has…