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STAND. VENE. BLIND CO. v. AM. EMPIRE INS.

503 Pa. 300 (1983)

469 A.2d 563

STANDARD VENETIAN BLIND CO. and Sheldon B. Morris, v. AMERICAN EMPIRE INSURANCE CO., Appellant. Appeal of AMERICAN EMPIRE INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 1983.

Reargument Denied February 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Quinn, Jr., Wm. F. Anzalone, Wilkes-Barre, for appellant.

Louis Shaffer, Wilkes-Barre, Mitchell S. Greenspan, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Philip A. Ryan, Philadelphia, amicus curiae.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether appellee Standard Venetian Blind Company (Venetian), the insured under a policy of liability insurance issued by appellant American Empire Insurance Company (American), may avoid the effect of a clear and unambiguous exclusion clause in the insurance contract by showing that it was neither made aware of nor understood the effect of the exclusion. We conclude that the...

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