Farmers Files Brief in Appeal of Texas Ensuing Loss Coverage Decision

NEW ORLEANS - Farmers Insurance Exchange has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal appeals court urging affirmation of a district court decision to uphold an insurer's refusal to cover a mold claim that it said was not covered as an ensuing loss under the terms of the insured's homeowners policy. Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds, No. 03-20778 (5th Cir.).

In a Dec. 23 brief filed in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Farmers and Fire Insurance Exchange argue that the district court properly construed the ensuing loss provision of the plaintiffs' homeowners policy when it granted summary judgment …