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CALDWELL v. TRANSPORTATION INS. CO.

Record No. 850019.

364 S.E.2d 1 (1988)

William F. CALDWELL, Jr. v. TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart C. Sullivan, III (Franklin, Franklin, Denney & Heatwole, Waynesboro, on briefs), for appellant.

Deborah M. Wassenaar (Jay T. Swett, Charlottesville, Bonnie L. Paul, Harrisonburg, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

RUSSELL, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether exclusionary language in an insurance policy is sufficient to avoid coverage of a loss.

The facts are undisputed. William F. Caldwell, Jr., is an experienced well-driller doing business in Augusta County. On July 8, 1981, he was engaged in drilling a water well for a customer in an area near New Hope, where the substrata consist primarily of shale, a relatively soft rock. After drilling...

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