9th Circuit Says Damage Is Not Continuation Of Assignee’s Original Damage

Mealey's (April 26, 2017, 10:15 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO —  The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 20 determined that a district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of two insurers because it was reasonable for the assignees of the insured to assume that the damage sustained as the result of an  insured’s negligent repair is not a continuation of the assignee’s original damage (Adrianus Alkemade and Rachelle Alkemade v. Quanta Indemnity Co. and General Fidelity Insurance Co., No. 14-35605, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6896)....