SWJKM, LLC v. Gen. Cas. Ins. Co.

1 Citing case

  1. Erie Ins. Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Chaber

    801 S.E.2d 207 (W. Va. 2017)   Cited 10 times   1 Legal Analyses

    Id . at *4 n.6 (emphasis added); see also Paros Props. LLC v. Colorado Cas. Ins. Co. , 835 F.3d 1264, 1274-75 (10th Cir. 2016) ("[U]nder the Policy it makes no difference whether any water causing the avalanche had been diverted by manmade features; mudslide damage is excluded whether the mudslide ‘is caused by an act of nature or is otherwise caused.’ "); Ski Chalet Village Owners Club, Inc. v. Empl'r Mut. Cas. Co. , No. 3:16-CV-20-TAV-HBG, 2016 WL 6892759, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. Nov. 22, 2016) (holding earth movement and water exclusions applied "regardless of whether ... caused by an act of nature or is otherwise caused...."); SWJKM, LLC v. Gen. Cas. Ins. Co. , No. A-13-447, 2014 WL 2727101, at *3 (Neb. Ct. App. June 17, 2014) (quoting portion of policy applying water damage exclusion "regardless of whether any of the above ... is caused by an act of nature or is otherwise caused" and finding "[t]here is nothing ambiguous about the water exclusion in [the] policy.").Evaluating the exclusionary language in the context of a declaratory judgment action, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, in Harleysville Insurance Co. of New York v. Potamianos Properties , LLC , 108 A.D.3d 1110, 969 N.Y.S.2d 342 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013), applied the language "regardless of whether [the loss] is caused by an act of nature or is otherwise caused" and held the loss was excluded under the "unambiguous terms in the policy."