L. L. Jarrell Construction Co. v. Columbia Casualty Co.

THOMAS, District Judge.

This action arises under a so-called “Contractors’ Liability” insurance policy. issued by the defendant to the plaintiff corporation. The plaintiff seeks to recover the damages resulting to it when a concrete retaining wall was ruptured by the operation of a bulldozer.

The salient facts leading up to the rupture of the wall are as follows: The plaintiff contracted with the Water Works Board of the City of Mobile to construct the Big Creek Water Supply Project. With consent, as provided in the contract, plaintiff sublet to Ewin Engineering Corporation certain concrete…