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A federal district court in California has upheld an insurance company's denial of its insured's claim for the theft of his motor home, based in large part on his son's cell phone records.

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Motor home stolen?

On Monday, November 10, 2014, John Cordell Young, Jr., said his 1961 GMC "diesel pusher" motor home was stolen.

Law enforcement recovered the motor home from a canal where it had been submerged that same day. The motor home was missing its license plates and its vehicle identification number tag.

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