Savannah Laundry & MacHinery Co. v. Home Insurance

Benham, Judge.

Appellant Owenby was seriously injured in March 1984 when a boiler door on a steam cooker in the kitchen of his employer blew off. Appellant Savannah Laundry & Machinery Company, Inc. (“Savannah”) had made repairs to the boiler two years before Owenby’s injury. When Owenby filed suit against Savannah seeking damages for the injuries he had sustained, Savannah requested its insurance carrier, appellee The Home Insurance Company (“Home”) to defend and pay any judgment rendered against Savannah. Home sought a declaration of its obligations under the insurance policy, and the trial…