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Retrial Ordered Because Jury Instruction Improperly Shifted The Burden Of Proof.

March 11, 2016 by

Retrial Ordered Because Jury Instruction Improperly Shifted The Burden Of Proof.
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In an action by an insured against an insurance company which denied a claim, plaintiff requested that the trial court give a standard jury instruction explaining that, when a loss is caused by a combination of covered and excluded risks, the loss is covered if the most important or predominant cause is a covered risk. (CACI No. 2306.) Defendant instead proposed a special jury instruction placing on plaintiff the burden of proving the collapse of the house was “caused only by one or more” of the perils listed in the policy, and that there was no coverage if the cause of the collapse involved any peril other than those listed.

Filed Under: Appellate Law News, Evidentiary Law News, Insurance Law News, Legal News Tagged With: 197 Cal.Rptr.3d 195, 243 Cal.App.4th 779, CACI No. 2306

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