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Lessons from the Great Fire of 1906 Insurance Coverage Dispute

Lessons from the Great Fire of 1906 Insurance Coverage Dispute
Sunday, January 2, 2011

December 2010 marks the centennial of the landmark California Supreme Court decision that resolved the critical insurance coverage dispute arising from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The earthquake and ensuing fires laid waste to the city, destroying 28,000 buildings and causing the nation's second largest death toll in history with up 6,000 killed.

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