Legal Opinion
Kirk Dupps Cynthia Dupps v. The Travelers Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1996No. 95-3464PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Kirk and Cynthia Dupps appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment to the Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers) 2 in this diversity action, arguing that terms in their insurance policy are ambiguous. We affirm.
The Duppses contracted with Travelers for an insurance policy for real property in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The policy contained the following exclusion to coverage:
We will not pay for loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by ... [a]ny earth movement (other than sinkhole collapse), such as an earthquake, landslide, mine subsidence, earth…
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