ALASKA FEDERAL COURT REFUSES TO NARROWLY DEFINE CONTRACTOR IN INTERPRETING AN EXCLUSION

Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2016

In a recent opinion, Judge John Sedwick of United States District Court for the District of Alaska refused an insured’s assertion that the term “contractor,” in the Contractors Exclusion, was limited to contractors in the construction industry. Instead, the Court looked to the plain and common meaning of the term and concluded that it included “any person or company that is party to a contract and usually involves a contract regarding services or supplies.”

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