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Homeowners policy excludes claim for excessive rainfall damage (US)

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on May 29, 2023

In May 2023 a Michigan US court held that an exclusion in a homeowners policy covering physical loss caused by water or waterborne material which backed through sewers or drains but excluded cover for “the inability of the sewer or drain to handle the amount of rainwater, surface water or groundwater trying to enter the…

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Paintball injury excluded by homeowners policy

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on June 13, 2016

A court in Delaware USA held that coverage for an incident where one child used a paintball gun to shoot a paintball at another child, injuring his eye, was excluded from cover under the parents’ homeowners policy.

The policy covered the insured if a suit was brought ‘against the insured for damages because of bodily…

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