State Automobile Mutual Insurance v. Alpha Engineering Services, Inc.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County entered on November 19, 1999. In the order, the circuit court concluded that a “professional services” exclusion in an insurance policy excluded coverage for allegedly negligent surveying, mapping and engineering services provided by one mining company to another.

As set forth below, we affirm the circuit court’s order.

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The appellant in this declaratory judgment action, Mossy Eagle Limited Liability Company (“Mossy Eagle”) entered into various oral agreements with Brock Mining. Under the agreements,…