Legal Opinion
Dupre v. Allstate Insurance Company
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 2002No. 01CA0630PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAVIDSON.
In this fire insurance case, plaintiff, Faith Dupre, appeals from the trial court judgment determining that the policy on her house issued by defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, precluded coverage for the increased cost of repairs to comply with current building codes. We reverse and remand.
In January 1997, plaintiff purchased an insurance policy with a limit of $100,431 on a ninety-one-year-old house. The house was used as a rental property, but plaintiff planned to occupy it herself beginning sometime in 1998. In September 1997, a fire in the enclosed rear porch…
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