Thompson

Filed 6/21/22; Certified for Publication 7/13/22 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

PETER THOMPSON et al. Plaintiffs and Appellants,

A161949

v. CRESTBROOK INSURANCE (Marin County COMPANY et al. Super. Ct. No. CIV 1904822) Defendants and Respondents.

Peter and Toni Thompson and Henstooth Ranch, LLC (collectively, the Thompsons) appeal a summary judgment in favor of Crestbrook Insurance Company (Crestbrook) and Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company (Nationwide) (collectively, the insurers) and Sander, Jacobs, Cassayre & Griffin, Inc. (the agent). The court held that the insurers had no duty to defend the Thompsons in an action involving a parcel they own in Sonoma County. The parcel is subject to a conservation easement (Civ. Code, § 815 et seq.) in favor of Sonoma Land Trust (SLT), which prohibits any impairment of the land’s conservation values. SLT sued the Thompsons in 2015, alleging that they had done work on the parcel that caused damage in violation of the conservation easement. The Thompsons tendered defense of the…