North River Ins. Co. v. Snyder

[¶ 1] The United States District Court for the District of Maine (Hornby, C.J.) has certified1 the following question: *400“May a residential tenant be liable in sub-rogation to the insurer of a landlord for damages paid as a result of fire, absent an express agreement to the contrary in a written lease?” We answer the question as follows: No, a residential tenant may not be held liable in subrogation to the insurer of the landlord for damages paid as a result of a fire, absent an agreement to the contrary — that is, absent an express agreement in the written lease that the tenant is liable in…