Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Fraiman

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

Melvin L. Fraiman, dba Jamaican Apartments (appellee) sued the Standard Fire Insurance Company (appellant) to recover damages, interest and attorney’s fees under the terms of an insurance policy issued by the company and under other theories of liability. After trial to a jury, appellee was awarded damages for his rental losses and for expenses incurred because of appellant’s breach of a policy provision.

On December 4, 1972, and January 29, 1973, appellee’s apartment complex sustained fire damage because of two separate fires. After the insurance company…