Jury awards $6.3M to Shannen Doherty in State Farm fire suit

LOS ANGELES – A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that Point out Farm failed to shell out sufficiently for problems to her house in a 2018 California wildfire.

The jury identified that the insurance policies giant’s failure to pay policy rewards for Doherty’s Malibu dwelling have been “unreasonable and with out appropriate induce.”

The verdict addresses damages to Doherty’s dwelling and property, psychological distress and attorney’s charges.

“We thank the customers of the jury for their considerate thought of Shannen’s scenario,” Doherty’s attorney Devin McRae explained in a assertion. “We are satisfied they observed the circumstance the way we do. This should really ship a concept to Point out Farm and other institutions that they should really not fail to remember they are working with human beings.”

Doherty, the 50-year-aged previous star of “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Charmed” and “Heathers” discovered in February 2020 that the breast most cancers she had been identified with in 2015 had recurred and progressed to phase 4.

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Her attorneys mentioned in courtroom files that “instead of dwelling out her remaining several years peacefully in her house, Ms. Doherty stays displaced and battling with her coverage organization.”

In its very own statement Monday, Condition Farm reported, “We empathize with Ms. Doherty’s well being and desire her the best. We are unhappy by the jury’s decision and respectfully disagree with it. We will discover all obtainable authorized possibilities, which includes interesting the verdict.”