Panel Majority Reverses Ruling On Breach Of Contract Claim, Affirms On Bad Faith Claim

(May 28, 2020, 12:28 PM EDT) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A trial court did not err in granting a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment on a bad faith claim but did err in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment on a breach of contract claim because there is no evidence regarding what, if anything, the homeowners could have done to discover or stop their tenant’s marijuana-growing operation, a Fourth District California Court of Appeal majority said May 26 (James Mosley v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., No. E071287, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 2, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 451)....