Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Keelin

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Dr. Ernest E. Lockhart and Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., his subrogee under a fire insurance policy, brought suit against James N. Keelin, Thermo Inc., William J. Frain, d/b/a Frain Air Conditioning, Allied Electric Company, Inc., the Trane Company, and Honeywell, Inc., alleging that their negligence, either jointly or independently, or individually, caused a fire to originate in the Trane furnace of a home constructed for Lockhart.

It appears that appellant Lockhart entered into a contract with James E. Keelin to serve both as architect and…