Reliance National Indemnity v. Knowles Industrial Services, Corp.

[¶ 1] This appeal stems from claims associated with a fire that destroyed Saco’s First Parish Congregational Church, UCC, in August 2000. The fire was caused by an employee of Knowles Industrial Services, Corp., which had contracted to remove lead paint from and repaint the exterior of the Church. Reliance National Indemnity, Federal Insurance Co., Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., and Wassau Employers Insurance Co. — subrogating insurers of the Church — appeal from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.). The court found that the waiver of subrogation in the…