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Ambiguous Insurance Wording Means Water Damage Must Be Covered
Author(s) -
Stiegler Mayo H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2001.tb09284.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , property insurance , property (philosophy) , law , business , insurance policy , law and economics , actuarial science , forensic engineering , political science , casualty insurance , engineering , economics , philosophy , epistemology
Because of a policy's ambiguous wording, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has ruled that an insurance company was liable for property damage resulting from the rupture of an underground water main.