FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. H000211.

175 Cal.App.3d 494 (1985)

221 Cal. Rptr. 225

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. [And four other cases.]

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

December 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William T. Mayo for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, James R. Schwartz and Susan R. Oie, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BRAUER, J.

This action arises out of the Mediterranean fruit fly eradication program. The chemical mixture employed by the state in its wide-scale aerial spraying caused erosion of the painted surface of automobiles. Plaintiffs/appellants are five insurance companies which were obliged to pay numerous claims of their policy holders for costs of new paint jobs. By this action they seek recompense from the state.

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