Iowa High Court Reverses Rejection Of $1.4M Appraisal Award In Hailstorm Dispute

Mealey's (June 5, 2018, 4:06 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa —The Iowa Supreme Court on June 1 reversed a lower court’s judgment that rejected a $1.4 million appraisal award in favor of a townhome association insured for its hailstorm damage, remanding for the lower court to address the extent of pre-existing shingle damage excluded from coverage through the insurance policy's anti-concurrent-cause provision (Walnut Creek Townhome Association v. Depositors Insurance Company, No. 16-0121, Iowa Sup., 2018 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 57)....