Phillips v. National Security Fire & Casualty Co.

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Jermaine Phillips appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of National Security Fire & Casualty Company (“National Security”), Phillips’s homeowner’s insurance carrier, in his action arising from National Security’s denial of a claim Phillips had made under his policy.

The evidence submitted to the trial court supporting and in opposition to National Security’s motion for a summary judgment indicated the following. Phillips purchased a house in Whistler in February 2007. Phillips had been renting the house, and he was aware that the roof leaked. Therefore, as…