Insurance
Sep. 22, 2025
Insurers dismissed from wildfire smoke claims against FAIR Plan
Twelve insurers were dismissed from lawsuits over wildfire smoke claims, leaving California FAIR Plan as the sole defendant as plaintiffs prioritize swift deposition of an elderly claimant to advance the case.
Twelve insurance companies have been dropped from five lawsuits accusing the California FAIR Plan of bad faith in handling smoke damage claims from the Eaton Canyon and Pacific Palisades wildfires, leaving the state's insurer of last resort as the sole remaining defendant.
The dismissals were served less than a week after a status conference in one of the cases, when attorneys representing the individual insurance companies told Judge Samantha P. Jessner that there was no rea...
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