11640 Woodbridge Condominium Homeowners' Assn. v. Farmers Ins. Exchange

Filed 3/28/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

11640 WOODBRIDGE B333848

CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNERS’

ASSOCIATION, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22STCV00778) Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Teresa A. Beaudet, Judge. Reversed. Shernoff Bidart Echeverria, William M. Shernoff, Travis M. Corby and Cooper Johnson for Plaintiff and Appellant. Woolls Peer Dollinger & Scher, Galil S. Cooper and H. Douglas Galt for Defendant and Respondent. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ In 2021, while a building owned by appellant 11640 Woodbridge Condominium Homeowners’ Association (HOA) was being reroofed, two rainstorms penetrated the partially constructed roof and caused extensive interior damage. The HOA made a claim under its condominium policy, which was underwritten by respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers). Farmers denied the claim, concluding that the HOA’s losses resulted from nonaccidental faulty workmanship, which the…