Apex Solutions v. Falls Lake Insurance Management Co., Inc.
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Apex Solutions, Inc., a cannabis business, filed a lawsuit against Falls Lake Insurance Management Company, Inc., after the insurance company refused to pay the full amount of a claim Apex filed following a burglary at its facility. The burglars stole a large portion of Apex's cannabis inventory from two separate vaults. Apex claimed that the thefts constituted two separate occurrences, each subject to a $600,000 per occurrence limit under its insurance policy. Falls Lake, however, contended that the thefts constituted a single occurrence, subject to a single $600,000 limit.
The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, granted summary judgment in favor of Falls Lake, ruling that a single per occurrence limit applied. The court also rejected Apex's claim for additional payments under its business interruption coverage.
On appeal, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Four, affirmed the lower court's ruling on the per occurrence limit, agreeing that the thefts constituted a single occurrence. However, the appellate court found that Apex had raised a triable issue of fact regarding the calculation of its lost business income. The court therefore reversed the judgment in part and remanded the case for further proceedings on that issue.
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