Opinion ID: 218972
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Surveyor's Fees

Text: The district court also properly allowed Federal Insurance Company to recover the fees of the surveyor who assessed the fire damage to the CHUG. Even if Resolute is correct that Chubb, Federal's parent corporation, was the corporation that [chose] and sent out the surveyor, the district court did not clearly err in finding that it was Federal that paid the surveyor's fees and should be compensated for them. Nor does it matter that the surveyor's fees were not included within the amount reflected on the subrogation receipt. In the receipt, Oswalt subrogated to Federal all of[his] rights, claims and interest for the loss discovered on the day of the fire. Federal was therefore entitled to recover sums Oswalt himself could properly have claimed, and Resolute does not dispute that Oswalt would have been entitled to recover surveyor's fees. Finally, it is irrelevant for damages purposes that the district court earlier declined to penalize Federal when a Chubb employee failed to respond to Resolute's Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice. Resolute cites no authority for the proposition that the proper remedy for this alleged discovery grievance was to curtail the damages award. We therefore uphold the award of damages for surveyor's fees.