ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. RICHARDS ELEC. CO.,

82-736.

447 So.2d 175 (1984)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Danny Costello and Elaine Costello v. RICHARDS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Meginniss of Hornsby, Blankenship, Robinson & Meginniss, Huntsville, for appellants.

Beverly J. Paschal of St. John & St. John, Cullman, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

This is a subrogation case, based on a fire loss, in which, at the close of the plaintiff/appellants' evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict on each of five counts of the complaint, and the trial court granted the motion as to all counts. We reverse and remand.

The case arose as a result of a house fire1 on January 5, 1981. The evidence tended to show that the fire apparently started around a chimney...

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