California Court of Appeal

Burns v. California Fair Plan, B192590

In case where home was destroyed by fire and insurer paid insured on a pro rata basis according the value of their interests in the property, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where multiple insureds cannot recover more than the value of the property destroyed on a fire insurance claim resulting from a single occurrence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2007
• Published 06/25/2007

Judges

• KRIEGLER, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, Michael J. Bidart, Ricardo Echeverria, Claremont;  The Ehrlich Law Firm, Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich;  Girardi & Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, Amanda L. McClintock, Los Angeles;  Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Jerry A. Ramsey and Brian J. Heffernan, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, Richard B. Wolf and Gerard A. Lafond, Jr., Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent California Fair Plan Association., Ault, Schonfeld, Jordan & Munro, R. Michael Jordan and David M. Plouff, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent for Clarendon National Insurance Company.