Michael Crowe | High County News For years, small planes have buzzed across the skies of Washington carrying specialized instrument packages that peer down through the belly of the aircraft. As they soar above mountains, rivers and valleys, the machinery paints the topography below with laser light thousands of times per second, reflecting the contours of… Continue reading Lasers Help WA Scientists Find Potential Landslide Hazards
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Subsidence Exclusion Bars Coverage for Damage Caused by Landslide
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the insurer who denied coverage based upon the policy’s subsidence exclusion. Atain Spec. Ins. Co. v. JKT Associates, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 6351 (9th Cir. March 11, 2022). JKT was hired by Lora… Continue reading Subsidence Exclusion Bars Coverage for Damage Caused by Landslide
Ninth Circuit Finds that “Subsidence Exclusion” Bars Coverage for Landslide Loss
Dina R. Richman | Property Insurance Law Observer The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an unpublished opinion in Atain Specialty Insurance Company v. JKT Associates, Inc., Case No. 20-16366 (9th Cir., March 11, 2022), finding that a liability policy’s “Subsidence Exclusion” barred coverage for a lawsuit arising out of a landslide. In Atain, the insured… Continue reading Ninth Circuit Finds that “Subsidence Exclusion” Bars Coverage for Landslide Loss