Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

Recovery from adverse parties

I work for an insurance company and have a question. The adverse party threw a cigarette onto the roof of our insured's property. The cigarette burned a minimal part of the wood shake roof. Due to city codes, our company could not repair the wood shake roof, but had to replace the whole roof with a composite shingle roof. Is the adverse party legally liable to reimburse our company for the cost of the complete roof as the replacement was needed as a result of their actions? Or would they just be liable to pay for the damaged area?


Asked on 12/11/07, 11:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Re: Recovery from adverse parties

Ask your corporate counsel, that's what he's paid for. Any answer you get here is merely a quick gut reaction, not actual legal advise upon which you can rely. If you actually don't have corporate counsel, then feel free to contact me to arrange a consultation to review all the facts, contract terms and exceptions that are necessary to provide an opinion worth anything.

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Answered on 12/11/07, 2:53 pm


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