Venue: Santa Clara Superior Court
Jury Verdict/Result: Favorable settlement
Case Name: DeStefano v. State Farm Insurance,
et al.
Description: Plaintiff sued State Farm Insurance
and its claims adjuster on multiple theories after an investigation of plaintiff's
claim for insurance benefits following a burglary resulted in a report of suspected
fraud. The report of suspected fraud was conveyed by a third party to plaintiff's
employer. Plaintiff was terminated from his position as a county fraud investigator
following the county's separate investigation of the report of suspected fraud.
Defendants contended that their report was subject to immunity under the Insurance
Fraud Prevention Act and the Civil Code, that the report was not motivated by
malice, and that there was no causal link between the report and the plaintiff's
termination.
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