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“Decay” Found Ambiguous in Collapse Case

By Tred R. Eyerly on July 29, 2020

    The federal district court granted, in part, the insured's motion for summary judgment seeking coverage for a collapse of a church's ceiling. Derbyshire Baptist Church v. Church Mut. Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Distl LEXIS 113346 (E.D. Va. June 29, 2020).

    A large portion of the sanctuary ceiling of the insured's…

Posted in Bad Faith, Collapse, First Party Insurance

Deterioration Known To Insured Forecloses Collapse Coverage

By Tred R. Eyerly on December 26, 2018

   The insurer properly denied coverage for collapse of a building when the insured knew from an expert’s examination that the walls of his house were deteriorating. Jaimes v. Liberty Ins. Corp., 2018 U. S. Dust. LEXIS 198224 (D. Colo. Nov. 21, 2018). 

   The insured discovered a crack in the wall of his…

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