International Marine Underwriters v. ABCD Marine, LLC

¶1 In this insurance coverage case, we must decide whether Albert Boogaard, an injured named insured who contractually assumed the liability of the tortfeasor Northland Services Inc. (NSI), is covered by his own comprehensive marine liability policy. Specifically, the question we must address is whether the policy’s exclusion of coverage for liability assumed in a contract precludes coverage for Boogaard or whether there is coverage under the policy’s exception for an “Insured Contract.” We conclude that because Boogaard is not a “third person” under the “Insured Contract” clause, the…