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Civil Litigation,
Insurance,
California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 12, 2018

A bard and a bottle: no insurance coverage for counterfeit wine

Last week, the 4th District Court of Appeal rendered a decision in Old English style, addressing what it described as a “Shakespearean tragedy, to be sure.”

Kirk A. Pasich

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Last week, the 4th District Court of Appeal rendered a decision in Old English style, addressing what it described as a "Shakespearean tragedy, to be sure." Doyle v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 2018 DJDAR 2173 (March 7, 2018).

Doyle involved the question of whether a property insurance policy covered a loss involving counterfeit wine. As the court described the situation: "Yea veri...

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