07/29/2011 10:55:00 AM EST
California Appeals Court Differentiates Home Protection From Insurance Coverage
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Citing the California Insurance Code and related case law, a panel in California's Fourth District Court of Appeal clarified July 22 that home protection contracts are not insurance contracts and, as such, cannot give rise to a bad faith tort claim (Old Republic Home Protection Co. Inc. v. The Superior Court of Riverside County, et al., No. E053099, Calif. App., 4th Dist.; 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5448). Full story on lexis.com