Gutman v. American Motorists Insurance Co.

The final judgment entered in favor of the defendant, American Motorists Insurance Company, after a non-jury trial is affirmed. In our view, the evidence was sufficient for the trial judge to conclude, as he did, that cracks in appellants’ forty-five year old home were due to natural settlement rather than vibrations from nearby construction and were therefore not covered under the policy. Abelson v. Bosem, 336 So.2d 482 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); Duncanson v. Service First, Inc., 157 So.2d 696 (Fla. 3d DCA 1963). See Underwriter’s National Assur. Co. v. Harrison, 338 So.2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

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