Legal Opinion
Conway v. Farmers Home Mutual Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 18, 1994No. D016627PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BENKE, Acting P. J.
— Consistent with all of the out-of-state authorities which have considered the issue, in this case we hold an insured homeowner may recover the replacement cost of fire damage to an insured home by purchasing another home at another location. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment entered in favor of the defendant insurer.
Factual and Procedural Summary
The facts which give rise to this appeal are, in all material respects, undisputed. In November 1989 plaintiffs and appellants William Conway and Ken Whalen (Conway) purchased a house at 252 Daisy Avenue in Imperial…
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