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· 5/23/2005

Owners Insurance v. Clayton

Citations

  • 614 S.E.2d 611
  • 364 S.C. 555
  • 2005 S.C. LEXIS 146

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • clarifying that insurance policy exclusions are construed “most strongly against the insurance company, which also bears the burden of establishing the exclusion’s applicability”
  • stating a motion to reconsider, alter, or amend judgment under Rule 59(e
  • insurer who defended insured to general verdict had to cover entire judgment because at least one claim was covered
  • “the term ‘arising out of’ when used in an insurance policy exclusion should be narrowly construed to mean ‘caused by.’”
  • “[S]ince the Clayton jury returned a general verdict, a finding that any of the three claims submitted to that jury is not excluded answers the coverage question.”
  • “Insurance policy exclusions are construed most strongly against the insurance company-”

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Judges: Pleicones, Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett

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