EXCLUSION MOVES EARTH, MOVES COURT, EXCLUDES COVERAGE.

Another Court has added its decision to the majority interpretation of the standard earth movement exclusion in  a property policy.  The decision has just been officially published.

Coverage for building damage caused by soil and rock sliding down hill is excluded by the language of a standard earth movement exclusion, the Court held in Erie Ins. Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Chaber, 801 S.E.2d 207 (W. Va. 2017).

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