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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BERTHA MONCADA, INDIANA BERRENECHEA,

and EDDA NIX,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

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No. C 05-4762 CW

ORDER RE:

PLAINTIFFS' LIST

OF CLAIMS FOR

APPRAISAL

Pursuant to the Court's order at the November 13, 2007, case

management conference, Plaintiffs have filed a copy of the list of

claims they submitted to the appraisers. The list includes three

categories of amounts claimed, dwelling/structure, contents and

additional/unpaid additional living expenses. Defendant objects to

the list, arguing that it does not conform to the Court's orders

because it includes items which the Court has found are not covered

by the Allstate policy and others for which Plaintiffs have not

filed claims. In addition, Defendant indicates that Plaintiffs'

list is based on more detailed estimates, but does not include all

detail available. 

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The Court requested a copy of the claim Plaintiffs submitted

to Allstate with an appended list of items Plaintiffs believed are

covered by the claim already submitted which have not been paid. 

See Transcript of Proceedings, 11/13/07 Further Case Management

Conference at 15-16. Plaintiffs have not submitted a copy of their

claim or a list of specific items as requested. Further, the Court

notes that Plaintiffs have included in their claims for appraisal,

repairs that are outside of the scope of the claims already made to

Allstate. As stated at the hearing on the parties' cross-motions

for summary judgment, in the Court's order on the parties' crossmotions for summary judgment and at two case management conferences

since ordering appraisal, Plaintiffs may only submit for appraisal

items for which they have already filed claims according to the

terms of the Allstate policy. Plaintiffs' list of items claimed

also appears to include amounts based on damages related to work

performed by V&M Restoration. As discussed at the November 13,

2007 case management conference, Plaintiffs have settled their

claims against V&M and may not seek compensation from Allstate for

those damages. 

In order to facilitate resolution of the appraisal process and

this case, the Court hereby orders Plaintiffs to file with this

Court and the appraisers a revised version of their list of claims

within one week of the date of this order. The revised list shall

be submitted in a table containing the following columns:

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Item Action

(i.e. stolen,

broken, water

damaged, burned,

etc . . . )

Indication of

where item

appears in

Allstate claim

Estimated value of

loss and action

needed to remediate

(i.e. replace,

repair, etc . . .)

Plaintiffs shall attach a copy of the Allstate claim upon which

these claims are based. Defendants may respond on an item-by-item

basis within two weeks of the date of Plaintiffs filing. Each

party shall include an update on the status of the arbitration

proceedings in its filing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 12/11/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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