Nationwide Unit Fails to Get Early Win in Distillery-Fire Suit

Jan. 2, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

A California federal judge declined to grant an early ruling to an insurer in a dispute over whether 2020 wildfires caused insured damage to wooden barrels and spirits at a distillery.

Unresolved issues of fact preclude summary judgment for a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. unit on Napa Valley Distillery’s claims against the insurer, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said in a Dec. 31 order denying the insurer’s motion.

Napa Valley Distillery sued Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co. in 2024 alleging the insurer breached a commercial property insurance policy by failing to indemnify the distillery for losses ...

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