Monahan Pacific Corporation v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MONAHAN PACIFIC CORPORATION, et Case No. 22-cv-03593-JD al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT 9 v.

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY

COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant. 12 Plaintiffs Monahan Pacific Corporation and Townsend Capital Partners, LLC (collectively, Monahan) sued defendant Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (Travelers) in an insurance coverage dispute for a commercial property at 8145 Gravenstein Highway, Cotati, California (the Covered Property). See generally Dkt. No. 2, Ex. 1 (Compl.). The Covered Property was heavily damaged in a fire and ordered demolished by the City of Cotati. See id. ¶ 14. Monahan alleges claims for breach of contract, bad faith, punitive damages, and unfair competition under California law, on the contention that Travelers refused to provide replacement cost-benefits, demolition-cost benefits, and debris-removal benefits said to be owed under the policy. See id. ¶ 32-49. After the close of discovery, Travelers moved for summary…