Legal Opinion

Campanelli v. Allstate Life Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 3, 2003No. Nos. 00-55466, 00-55468, 00-55957 and 00-57080PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee, Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), based upon a limitations-period defense. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

Appellants William and Terry Noah, James and Patricia House, Cheryl Mon-dheim, and George and Mary Lou Giakou-makis (collectively, the “Homeowners”) all own homes, insured by Allstate, that were damaged on January 17, 1994, by the Nor-thridge earthquake. Within the next year, all of the Homeowners made claims to Allstate for the earthquake damage to their homes. All of them…

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Vito Campanelli Peggy Campanelli John Caudillo Barbara Caudillo Neil Damrow Gayle Damrow Nancy Durrant Garfield Ecung Debra Ecung George Giakoumakis Mary Lou Giakoumakis Donald Huner Tommie Jenkins Carrie Jenkins Brenda Kalosh Donald Menck Florence Menck Cheryl Mondheim William Noah Terry Noah Roy Rosenblatt Lorraine Rosenblatt Darla Severn Loyal Smith Mildred Stafford Marilyn Taber, and James House Pat House v. Allstate Life Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Shadowbrook Design Group, Inc., a California Corporation W.S.C., a California Corporation, Dba Western States Construction, Dba Western States Geotechnical, AKA Western States Companies, Vito Campanelli Peggy Campanelli John Caudillo Barbara Caudillo Neil Damrow Gayle Damrow Nancy Durrant Garfield Ecung Debra Ecung George Giakoumakis Mary Lou Giakoumakis James House Pat House Donald Huner Tommie Jenkins Carrie Jenkins Brenda Kalosh Donald Menck Florence Menck William Noah Terry Noah Roy Rosenblatt Lorraine Rosenblatt Darla Severn Loyal Smith Mildred Stafford Marilyn Taber, and Cheryl Mondheim v. Allstate Life Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Shadowbrook Design Group, Inc., a California Corporation W.S.C., a California Corporation, Dba Western States Construction, Dba Western States Geotechnical, AKA Western States Companies, Vito Campanelli Peggy Campanelli John Caudillo Barbara Caudillo Neil Damrow Gayle Damrow Nancy Durrant Garfield Ecung Debra Ecung James House Pat House Tommie Jenkins Carrie Jenkins Brenda Kalosh Donald Menck Florence Menck Cheryl Mondheim William Noah Terry Noah Roy Rosenblatt Lorraine Rosenblatt Darla Severn Loyal Smith Mildred Stafford Marilyn Taber Donald Huber, and George Giakoumakis Mary Lou Giakoumakis v. Allstate Life Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, Vito Campanelli Peggy Campanelli John Caudillo Barbara Caudillo Neil Damrow Gayle Damrow Nancy Durrant Garfield Ecung Debra Ecung George Giakoumakis Mary Lou Giakoumakis James House Pat House Donald Huner Tommie Jenkins Carrie Jenkins Brenda Kalosh Donald Menck Florence Menck Cheryl Mondheim Roy Rosenblatt Lorraine Rosenblatt Darla Severn Loyal Smith Mildred Stafford Marilyn Taber, and William Noah, Terry Noah v. Allstate Life Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Shadowbrook Design Group, Inc., a California Corporation W.S.C., a California Corporation, Dba Western States Construction, Dba Western States Geotechnical, AKA Western States CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003