Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 31, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-CV-32 (MTT)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MARC T. TREADWELL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
This case presents one of the latest efforts of policyholders to reap the benefit of court rulings that casualty insurance policies,, absent an appropriate exclusion, cover diminished value. See, e.g. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mabry, 274 Ga. 498, 556 S.E.2d 114 (2001). The Plaintiffs owned a townhouse in Smyrna, Georgia, that was insured by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company under a homeowners policy. Docs. 19-2 at ¶¶ 1-2; 19-4. The Plaintiffs’ townhouse suffered water damage on September 20, 2013 when á pipe burst. Docs. 6…
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