Kraemer Bros. v. United States Fire Insurance

This is an appeal from a summary judgment denying recovery to the insured on a contractor’s multiple peril form insurance policy. We reverse the judgment.

Kraemer Bros., Inc., plaintiff-insured, sued United States Fire Insurance Company, defendant insurance company, on an insurance policy for loss and damages in the sum of $112,000 caused by the collapse of a retaining wall erected by Prepakt Concrete Company, Kraemer’s subcontractor. Kraemer alleged in its complaint that on or about June 12, 1972 it entered into a contract with the State of Wisconsin to construct a living complex at the…