Wausau Underwriters Insurance v. Crook

Per Curiam;.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of summary disposition to defendant. The trial court concluded, as a matter of law, that defendant was not liable to plaintiffs subrogor for damages arising from a fire caused by defendant’s negligence. We affirm.

Plaintiff is the insurer of a Quality Inn hotel located in Detroit. In September of 1983, a fire at the hotel damaged a suite of rooms then occupied by defendant and his family. This fire was determined to be incendiary in nature. At the time, defendant and his family were residing at the hotel because their…