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Insurance : Hail Damage –  Appraisal Award –  Ambiguity

Stephanie Maniscalco//January 15, 2018

Insurance : Hail Damage –  Appraisal Award –  Ambiguity

Stephanie Maniscalco//January 15, 2018

Where insured homeowners and their insurer disputed the loss amount for hailstorm damage, the requested appraisal award was ambiguous, so the award should be resubmitted to the appraisal panel.

Vacated; remanded.

Herll v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company (MLW No. 71310/Case No. 16-1889 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, J. (Joseph Francis Lulic, Minneapolis, argued for appellant) (Timothy Dale Johnson, Bloomington, Minnesota, argued for appellee; E. Curtis Roeder and Alexander Michael Jadin appeared on the brief).

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