INS. CO. OF N. AMERICA v. CUEVAS

Nos. 15, 16 May Term 1973, Docket Nos. 54,185, 54,189.

390 Mich. 67 (1973)

210 N.W.2d 313

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA v. CUEVAS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (Edward D. Wells, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Johnson, Campbell & Moesta, for defendants Serrano.

Hillman, Baxter & Hammond, for defendants Cuevas.


T.G. KAVANAGH, J.

This is a suit for damages to a building resulting from a fire started by some children who were playing on the premises of plaintiff's subrogor.

The children were playing near some trash receptacles which contained among other things a broken fluorescent light tube. One of the children attempted to set fire to the white powder contained in the light tube and ignited the other refuse in the trash barrel. The fire spread to the building and...

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