Buried Treasure – Part Three

DO “BURIED TREASURES” EXIST?  Part Three of a Three Part Series Ascertaining Whether Buried Treasure Exists Requires a Five-Part Analysis These issues include: 1.       Did the company give notice to the insurers on risk as of the date of the first alleged “wrongful act” as well as all subsequent carriers and those at higher levels…

“Fireworks Displays or Exhibition” Endorsement Bars Coverage Because it Was Conspicuous, Plain and Clear

Nutter v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., No. 3:10-CV-63, 2011 WL 240458, at *6 (N.D.W. Va. Jan. 24, 2011) The “injury … that result[s] from …[f]ireworks displays or exhibition” endorsement was not concealed in the lengthy policy nor part of buried “fine print” requiring “painstaking study of the policy” to uncover a causal…