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Civil Litigation,
Insurance

Mar. 8, 2018

Appellate court: ‘devil’s wine’ not covered by insurance

A state appellate court has told a world-class wine collector to stop complaining after he was swindled out of about $18 million in fake wine.

A state appellate court urged a world-class wine collector to stop complaining he was swindled out of about $18 million in fake wine.

The 4th District Court of Appeal decision on Wednesday affirms a trial court decision stating insurance did not cover the counterfeit nature of the wine.

Plaintiff David Doyle bought what he thought was rare, vintage wine from a man named Rudy Kurniawan, but it turn...

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