The Carlsbad, Calif. property was targeted in a suit by Axis Insurance to try to recover $125 million paid out in claims after the devastating 2014 Poinsettia fire. The suit blamed resort management for causing the fire, which is believed to have started in native vegetation near a concrete cart path close to the seventh…
La Costa Facing Suit Over Fire Losses
Property owners whose homes or business were damaged in May are suing the famed California resort, now owned by Omni, alleging that it should be held responsible for the destructive wildfire that is suspected to have been started by an accident near the 7th fairway. But a fire chief says the investigation into the cause is at a standstill and may never yield an answer.