Miller, Stevenson & Steinichen, Inc. v. American Employers Insurance

Stolz, Judge.

The appellant, an engineering firm, sued the appellee, an insurance company, to recover the value of engineering documents which were stolen. The appellant claimed that the papers were covered under an insurance policy which it had purchased from the appellee. The trial court granted a motion by the appellee-insurance company for summary judgment, from which order the appellant appeals.

Mr. Timmerman, an employee of the appellant, was scheduled to take the professional papers in issue from Atlanta to Dawson, Georgia, on December 20, 1974. To avoid making an out-of-the-way trip to…