5th Circuit Finds Subrogation Waiver Applies To Property Damage From Fire

Mealey's (March 25, 2020, 1:49 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 9 reversed a federal judge’s ruling that a waiver of subrogation did not apply to damages to nonwork property that resulted from a fire that occurred while window restoration work was being done at a building after pointing out that the Mississippi Supreme Court decided Feb. 20 that the subrogation waiver was applicable (Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., as subrogee of Chickasaw County School District v. Fowlkes Plumbing LLC, No. 18-60608, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 7427)....