Legal Opinion
Mazzocki v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
The complaint in this putative class action asserts that it is brought on behalf of all policyholders of State Farm where the policy insures "property located in the State of New York”. The heart of the complaint appears to be the charge that State Farm injured plaintiff and the members of the class by its practice of "routinely deducting all contractor’s profit and overhead from all of its repair or replacement cost estimates and in offering an advance check for this reduced amount to its insureds as payment of 'actual cash value’ ”.
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