Safeco Insurance Company of Indiana a/s/o Ramona Smith v. Blue Sky Innovation Group, Inc, et al.

── Safeco Insurance Company of Indiana a/s/o Ramona Smith v. Blue Sky Innovation Group, Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 23S-CT-00272 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in part Ramona Smith owned a home insured by Safeco. In 2019, a fire caused more than $500,000 worth of damage, and Safeco covered the loss. Safeco hired Michaelis to restore the Property and conducted a scene examination determining the fire originated from a kitchen counter dehydrator. A Michaelis representative was present for the examination, and “the need to preserve the kitchen was verbally communicated[.]” Appellant’s App. Vol. II, p. 32.