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Commercial Union Insurance v. Sea Harvest Seafood Co.

10th CircuitJune 11, 2001No. 99-3393Cited 19 times
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Henry, Murphy, Mills
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
summary judgment

Related Laws

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Claim Types

Breach of Contract

Outcome

The court granted summary judgment in favor of Commercial Union Insurance, holding that the insurance policy did not cover the loss of frozen shrimp because the failure to attach a gen-set to the cargo container did not constitute a 'derangement or breakdown of the refrigeration machinery' under the policy's exclusion clause.

What This Ruling Means

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