Hilario
Hilario v. Allstate Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TISHA HILARIO, Case No. 3:20-cv-05459-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER CERTIFYING CLASS
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 73 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.
This case is about how the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, calculates the square footage of houses for homeowners’ insurance, specifically its alleged double counting of built-in garage space due to a faulty transition to new insurance software. Plaintiff and purported class representative Tisha Hilario initiated the action in 2020 and now moves to certify a class. I narrow her proposed class definition and grant her motion for certification. BACKGROUND I. Factual Background This dispute arises from homeowners’ insurance policies covering houses in California, including the home that plaintiff Tisha Hilario owns in San Francisco. See Motion for Class Certification (“Mot.”) [Dkt. No. 73], at 15:4-7; First Amendment Complaint (“FAC”) [Dkt. No. 41] ¶¶ 5, 21. Hilario has held…