American Family Mutual Insurance v. Grim

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

This is a subrogation action by the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (plaintiff) to recover from a thirteen-year-old boy (defendant) a portion' of a fire loss paid to the Derby Methodist Church, the company’s insured, as the result of a fire occurring August 16, 1965. Following a trial without a jury, the lower court entered judgment in favor of the insurance company, and defendant has appealed.

The issues raised on appeal relate to the sufficiency of the evidence and the liability of the defendant as a joint tort-feasor.

On the…