American Employers' Insurance Co. v. Fagot

SAMUEL, Judge.

In the early morning hours of Monday, August 28, 1966 a flash fire originated in the basement of a New Orleans apartment building rented and occupied by the families of H. J. Fagot and Raymond Kittizger. Plaintiffs, fire insurers and subrogees of Kittizger and the building owner, filed this suit against H. J. Fagot alleging the fire and the resulting damages they had paid their policy holders were caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. By supplemental petition St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Fagot’s liability insurer, was named an additional party…