Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

We have for decision a question of whether an explosion, within the meaning of certain insurance policies, occurred in a large transformer. In answer to special interrogatories, a jury found an explosion did occur in the selector switch compartment of the transformer, causing damage, but that no such explosion had occurred in the main tank of the transformer. It is agreed that the insurance is collectible if an explosion occurred in either compartment, but the District Judge held that what occurred in the selector switch compartment, as determined by the jury’s…