Julian vs. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company

Year: 2005
Court: California Supreme Court
Case Number: S109735

UP took the position that the scope of landslide exclusion should not encompass damage from a tree that crashed into a home. In other words, for cases involving multiple perils (perhaps one covered and one not) insurers should not be allowed to “unwind” the “predominant cause” by arguing proximate cause/concurrent causation.

UP’s brief was prepared pro bono by Chipman Miles, Brian M. Miles and Joel M. Westerbrook of Chipman Miles & Associates

 

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Source: https://uphelp.org/amicus-briefs/julian-vs-hartford-underwriters-insurance-company/
Date: April 26, 2024