Case Overview: Lessons from the Great Fire of 1906

December 2010 marks the centennial of the landmark California Supreme Court decision in California Wine Association v. Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company of New York that resolved the critical insurance coverage dispute arising from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. In this article, which originally appeared in the December issue of Risk Management, Pillsbury Insurance Recovery & Advisory partners Rene Siemens and Peter Gillon discuss the decision and its implications today.