Allstate Insurance Company and Granite Mutual Insurance Company v. Hamilton Beach/proctor Silex, Inc., Docket No. 04-6282-Cv

HALL, Circuit Judge.

Allstate Insurance Company and Granite Mutual Insurance Company (collectively “Plaintiffs”) brought this subrogation action against Hamilton Beach/Proctor Si-lex, Inc. (“Hamilton Beach” or “Defendant”) seeking to recover approximately $97,000 paid to their respective insureds, Joseph Malboeuf and Michael and Gail Leggett, for covered losses sustained in a residential fire in St. Albans, Vermont. Plaintiffs alleged that a defective coffee maker manufactured by Hamilton Beach caused the fire and asserted claims for products liability and breach of express and implied…