(Summary Judgment In Favor Of
Insurer Affirmed As Insureds Failed To Show Misrepresentation
Regarding The Amount Of Coverage Afforded For Homes Destroyed By
Wildfire)
(October 2021) - In Vulk et al. v. State
Farm General In. Co., ---Cal.App.5th --- (September 23, 2021),
the California Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a summary
judgment entered in favor of State Farm General Insurance Company
(“State Farm”) against property owner, Gary Andrighetto
(“Andrighetto”), in connection with a complaint for
breach of contract, negligence, bad faith and violation of Business
and Professions Code section 17200 related to the destruction of
Andrighetto's home by a wildfire known as the “Boles
Fire” in September 2014. Andrighetto alleged that State Farm,
through its agent, had underinsured his home such that he did not
have sufficient limits to completely rebuild the home.
