Legal Opinion
Brent R. Wilcox v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Defendant/Respondent.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 10, 2016No. A15-724PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WRIGHT, Justice.
This certified question arises out of a putative class action lawsuit filed by appellants Brent and Leah Wilcox (the Wil-coxes) against respondent State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm). The matter was removed to federal district court. The Wilcoxes alleged that State Farm breached the terms of the Wilcoxes’ homeowners insurance policy when calculating the actual cash value of damaged property. Specifically, the Wilcoxes challenge State Farm’s practice of depreciating labor costs embedded in the cost of repairing or replacing damaged property. The district…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McAnarney v. Newark Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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- Engineering & Construction Innovations, Inc. v. L.H. Bolduc Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
- Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. v. KelleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
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