Exclusion Bars Coverage For Sewage Loss, West Virginia High Court Rules In Reversal

(November 16, 2020, 12:07 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Nov. 12 held that a commercial general liability insurance policy’s exclusion for “water that backs up or overflows from a sewer, drain or sump” bars coverage for an insured’s loss, reversing a lower court’s ruling in favor of the insured and entering judgment in favor of the insurer (Motorists Mutual v. Jacob and Lisa Zukoff, et al., No. 19-0711, W.Va. Sup.)....

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