Canterbury Mornings

A landmark case against insurer Southern Response may open the gates for up to 3000 claimants.The Crown's announced it won't appeal a court decision ordering state-owned insurer Southern Response to pay out a Christchurch couple. Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal found the agency deceived Karl and Alison Dodds by keeping secret a higher estimate to rebuild their quake-damaged home.Insurance claimant advocate Ali Jones told Chris Lynch this could leave the government open to hundreds of millions of dollars in pay outs to other homeowners in a similar position.Listen above.