Legal Opinion
City of Hollister v. Monterey Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 29, 2008No. H029296PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, P. J.
An old municipal building at the Hollister airport caught fire. The City of Hollister (City) sought to recover the building’s “functional replacement value” under an insurance policy issued by Monterey Insurance Company (MIC). The policy provided that if City wished to recover such benefits, it must enter into a contract to repair or replace the building within 180 days after the fire. Throughout this period, however, MIC refused to confirm that it would honor such a claim, raised spurious grounds for its denial, delayed in communicating basic determinations affecting…
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