Marketos v. American Employers Insurance

Following an extensive fire in January 1986 at plaintiffs’ Ann Arbor facility, plaintiff George Marketos filed a claim for insurance proceeds on his own behalf and on behalf of plaintiff Mark Video Enterprises, Inc. Defendant, plaintiffs’ insurer, denied the claim several months after plaintiff Marketos submitted to an examination under oath, and almost one year after the fire, on the basis that the fire was arson and that plaintiff Marketos had either set the fire or was responsible for setting the fire. Plaintiffs sued for the insurance proceeds. After an extended procedural history, with…