Lafayette Insurance Co. v. T & W Electrical, Inc.

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, Lafayette Insurance Co. (as subrogee on a fire policy) from a judgment dismissing its claims against three contractors whose asserted negligence caused a fire at its insured’s daiquiri outlet. Because we find neither manifest error in the factual findings of the trial judge, nor any error of law underlying his legal conclusions, we affirm that judgment.

The general facts of this case are not disputed. In the spring of 1989, Charles Schaefer, Lafayette’s insured, opened a drive-through daiquiri outlet. Prior to opening, a back bar and…