Namo Co. v. Peerless Ins. Co. CA1/3

Filed 6/30/14 Namo Co. v. Peerless Ins. Co. CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

NAMO COMPANY, LLC,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

A132370

v. PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY, (Sonoma County Super. Ct. No. SCV 243811) Defendant and Respondent.

A commercial landlord was in the process of replacing a roof when a rainstorm caused damage to tenant improvements contained within the leased premises. The tenants’ insurer paid the tenants for the damage to the tenant improvements. After the tenants failed to repair or replace the damaged improvements, the landlord submitted a property claim to its own insurer for the cost of repairing the tenant improvements. The landlord’s insurer denied the claim on the ground the landlord lacked an insurable interest in…