The narrow issue presented is whether an insurer who has paid its insured the full amount due under a fire policy, but less than the insured's loss, may proceed against the third-party tortfeasor responsible for the loss before the insured has been made whole by the tortfeasor. We conclude that it may and thus affirm the order of the Appellate Division.
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