General American Transportation Corp. v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd.

This is an appeal from a judgment under an all risk policy of property insurance. The litigation grew out of a construction project at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, a federally owned establishment at Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee. Jurisdiction being based upon diversity of citizenship, Tennesse law is controlling.

The project involved the erection of a unique structure, an underground silo, as a part of a propulsion engine altitude test facility. During the time that fresh concrete was being poured to erect the cap of the structure, a temporary shoring platform collapsed…