Legal Opinion

Ratliff Enterprises, Inc. v. American Employers Insurance

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 15, 1998No. 97-1471PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant Ratbff Enterprises, an ice-manufacturing plant in Pine Bluff, was damaged by an explosion and fire ensuing from an ammonia leak following a rupture of an ammonia filter in one of its icemakers. Appellee American Employers Insurance Company insured appellant under both property coverage and boiler and machinery coverage policies. When appellant filed a claim for its damages, appeEee paid the pohcy Emits for the property damage claim to appeEant’s real and personal property, but denied appeEant’s boiler and machinery claim and business-interruption claim on the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  2. Smith v. Shelter Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  3. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. MidgettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. McKinnon v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
  5. Preferred Mutual Insurance v. Travelers CompaniesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. General Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2000
  2. Bob Robison Commercial Floor v. RLI Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2025
  3. Bob Robison Commercial Flooring Inc v. RLI Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2023

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