Majority: Insurer Fails To Show Fact Issues Existed As To Cause Of Poinsettia Fire

Mealey's (September 14, 2018, 1:04 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A majority of a California appeals court on Sept. 11 held that an insurer has failed to satisfy its burden of demonstrating that there was a triable issue of material fact regarding what caused the Poinsettia Fire that started at the defendant’s golf course and spread to its adjacent insured properties, affirming a lower court (Axis Insurance Company v. Omni Hotels Management Corp., No. D071572, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 1, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6210)....