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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER FLOODING, AS OPPOSED TO WIND, CAUSED THE PROPERTY DAMAGE PRECLUDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE INSURER BASED UPON POLICY EXCLUSIONS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined there were questions of fact whether the exclusions in the homeowner’s policy applied to damage caused during Superstorm Sandy. The expert opinion evidence did not demonstrate flooding, as opposed to wind, was the predominant cause of the damage:

The Homeowners Policy contains three exclusions which Allstate has raised here: the flood exclusion, the “weather conditions” exclusion, and the “predominant cause” exclusion. The Homeowners Policy states that Allstate does not cover losses caused by “[f]lood, including, but not limited to surface water, waves, tidal water or overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, whether or not driven by wind.” The “weather conditions” exclusion states that Allstate does not cover losses caused by “Weather Conditions that contribute in any way with a cause of loss excluded in this section to produce a loss.” The “predominant cause” exclusion states that Allstate will not cover loss to a covered property when “there are two or more causes of loss to the covered property” and “the predominant cause(s) of loss is (are) excluded” under other provisions of the Policy. Ain v Allstate Ins. Co., 2020 NY Slip Op 02042, Second Dept 3-25-20

 

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