STATE FARM INS. COMPANIES v. GILBERT

No. CA 81-96.

621 S.W.2d 880 (1981)

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES, Appellant, v. Thomas D. GILBERT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

October 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laser, Sharp & Huckabay, P.A., Little Rock, for appellant.

Greg B. Brown, Benton, for appellee.


CLONINGER, Judge.

The trial court directed a verdict for appellee Thomas D. Gilbert, the insured, under a homeowner's policy written by appellant State Farm Insurance Companies, on a finding that a policy provision excluding from coverage property damage caused directly or indirectly from "earth movement" was patently ambiguous. The parties agree that the property damage was $4,900.

Appellant urges on this appeal that the trial court was in error in holding...

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