Shannen heeft haar vezekering aangeklaagd voor het niet juist afhandelen van de schade aan haar huis na de bosbranden in Californië vorig jaar. In de aanklacht laat ze weten momenteel nog niet in haar huis te kunnen wonen door de brand en rookschade omdat dit gezien haar gezondheid niet kan. Ze vraagt hiervoor zo’n $1.4 miljoen van haar verzekering om haar huis op te knappen en ter compensatie van geleden schade.
Former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Shannen Doherty is suing her insurance company State Farm for not providing adequate support when her house was damaged in the California wildfires.
In court documents obtained by The Blast, Doherty claims that the insurance company “took advantage” of her situation and refused to arrange proper coverage after her property in Malibu suffered severe smoke damage in the Woolsey Fire.
“When something doesn’t ‘go right,’ State Farm will fight its insureds tooth and nail to avoid having to pay out under the policy,” the actress says. “Instead, State Farm will take advantage of the vulnerability and distress of its policy holders when they find themselves in the very situations they paid thousands of dollars in premiums to insure against.”
Doherty, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, says the whole situation has been “incredibly distressing,” as she is still recovering from “invasive cancer treatment, including chemo and radiation therapy.”
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In the documents, the “Charmed” star explains how she is still unable to move back into the property because her health condition forbids her from being exposed to smoke or smoke damaged property.
However, she claims that State Farm only offered two weeks of coverage for temporary residence.
Doherty is demanding compensation for all losses covered under her insurance policy, and damages for what she alleges is a wrongful denial of benefits, which she says are worth “at least $1.4 million.”
State Farm has not commented publicly on the situation.