California Court of Appeal

Plaintiff appeals from a stipulated judgment entered in favor of defendant fire insurance company after the trial court granted defendant's motion for summary adjudication of plaintiff's claim for breach of contract and insurance bad faith. The judgment is reversed, where the trial court erred in concluding that a vacancy exclusion in plaintiff's policy for a loss from "vandalism or malicious mischief" applied to fire damage caused by a warming fire started by a transient that spread to other parts of the property.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2015
• Published 04/03/2015

Judges

• Chaney

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel