Case Name: Jerry GREER; Jennifer Greer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-27
Citations: 546 F. App'x 695
Docket Number: No. 12-35056
Parties: Jerry GREER; Jennifer Greer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: M. SMITH and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and MAHAN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 695–696

Head Matter:
Jerry GREER; Jennifer Greer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-35056.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 5, 2013.
Filed Nov. 27, 2013.
Lisa Terra Hunt, Law Office of Lisa T. Hunt, LLC, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
David Dodds Vanspeybroeck, Laurie Rebecca Hager, Sussman Shank LLP, Portland, OR, Defendant-Appellee.
Before: M. SMITH and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and MAHAN, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable James C. Mahan, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jerry and Jennifer Greer appeal a summary judgment dismissing their claims against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and awarding State Farm $213,210 on its counterclaim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
In seeking replacement costs for their home from State Farm, their insurer, the Greers submitted a fraudulent construction contract. The Greers recklessly misrepresented a material fact by sending State Farm the forged contract, Millikin v. Green, 288 Or. 283, 583 P.2d 548, 550 (1978) (en banc); Santilli v. State Farm Life Ins. Co., 278 Or. 53, 562 P.2d 965, 967 (1977), and State Farm justifiably relied on that contract in paying replacement costs. Cocchiara v. Lithia Motors, Inc., 353 Or. 282, 297 P.3d 1277, 1286 (2013) (en banc); Crawford v. Standard Ins. Co., 49 Or.App. 731, 621 P.2d 583, 586 (1980). State Farm was entitled to the amount paid in reliance on the misrepresentation, Or. Rev. Stat. § 742.208, and therefore properly received judgment on its counterclaim. The Greers' material misrepresentation also voided the insurance policy. Or. Rev. Stat. § 742.208. Their claim for personal property loss under the policy was therefore correctly dismissed.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.