Compton v. Houston Casualty Co.

On Direct Appeal

Chief Justice Durrant,

opinion of the Court:

Introduction

¶ 1 This case requires us to determine the scope of the “covered profession” clause of a “Professional Liability Errors & Omissions Insurance” policy (Policy). Houston Casualty Company (Houston Casualty) issued the Policy to Utah County Real Estate, LLC (Prudential), a real estate brokerage. While working as a real estate agent for Prudential, Robert Seegmiller approached the plaintiffs in this action, William Compton, John Sim-cox, and their company, Saltair Investments, LLC (collectively, Investors), with information…