California Interiors & Design v. Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CALIFORNIA INTERIORS & DESIGN, Case No. 23-cv-04956-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION

TO STRIKE

SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Re: ECF No. 8 15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT The plaintiff in this case is a furniture company that owns a large showroom in San Mateo. In December 2022, the plaintiff was forced to cease operations and incurred substantial water damage due to ruptured discharge piping leading from a sump pump. In 2019, the plaintiff suffered an allegedly identical rupture, and its insurance company (the defendant) covered about $493,000 in losses. But this time, the defendant limited coverage to the $15,000 policy limit of the policy’s sump-pump-failure provision. The plaintiff asserts six claims, including breach of contract.1 25 26 27 1 Compl. – ECF No. 1-1 at 1–21. Citations refer to material…