Canales v. Wilson Southland Insurance Agency

Phipps, Judge.

After his van was destroyed by fire in Mexico, Carlos Canales filed a claim with Canal Insurance Company, which had insured the van against physical damage. Canal denied the claim because the policy expressly stated that it applied only to losses occurring in the United States or Canada. Canales sued Wilson Southland Insurance Agency, which had procured the policy for him, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. The trial court granted summary judgment to Wilson Southland, ruling that Canales’s failure to read the policy barred recovery. We affirm.

Summary judgment, is…