23 Jun 2015
JARDEN & ANOR v LUMLEY GENERAL INSURANCE (NZ) LIMITED [2015] NZHC 1427
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 1427
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiffs failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that many claimed items (slab cracks, slab voids, most internal wall misalignment, roof leaks) were earthquake damage; however the Court found specific natural disaster damage caused by the earthquakes (external brick veneer walls house and garage; interior linings cracked and detached; lounge floor buckled by liquid; lounge doors and windows beside patio out of square), apportioned damage 90% to 4 Sept 2010 and 10% to 22 Feb 2011, and declared Lumley liable to pay for reinstatement of those specified items once costs are incurred and…