State Farm Prevails on Suit by Tenants Alleging Misrepresentations

LOS ANGELES - A California appellate court has affirmed judgment for an insurer accused of misrepresenting the amount of coverage available to the landlord in a lawsuit that was settled for what the tenants thought were the policy limits. Velez v. State Farm General Insurance Co., et al., No. B199091 (Calif. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.).

California's Second Appellate District ruled in an unpublished opinion on June 16 that plaintiffs failed to provide any evidence that State Farm misrepresented the terms of policies issued to the landlord or that they would have settled on better terms if they had known that …