Jury Finds Insurance Agent Negligent, Awards $4.5M To Insureds In Wildfire Suit

Mealey's ( October 25, 2022, 4:08 PM EDT) -- NAPA, Calif. — Finding that an insurance agent was professionally negligent and was acting in the scope of her agency with State Farm General Insurance Co. when she harmed Napa County insureds, a California jury awarded the insureds $4,349,800 for their economic losses arising from the Atlas Peak wildfire....