International Insurance Co. v. Medical-Professional Building of Corpus Christi

OPINION

GREEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered for the defendant in a subro-gation suit. Appellant insurance companies, as insurers of Joseph Leon, Inc., the lessee of certain premises owned by appellee, paid lessee, their insured, the amount of its loss within policy limits resulting from an explosion in the premises allegedly caused by the negligence of appellee-lessor, and/or its independent contractor. Insurers by reason of such payments claim to be subrogated to the rights of their insured, and seek to enforce as against the appellee the asserted rights of…