PENN-AMERICA INS. CO. v. LAVIGNE

No. 09-2059.

617 F.3d 82 (2010)

PENN-AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Lee LAVIGNE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron K. Baltes , with whom Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC was on brief, for appellant.

H. Peter Del Bianco, Jr. , with whom Teresa M. Cloutier and Lambert   Coffin   Haenn were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This diversity case involves the interpretation of the language in a commercial general liability insurance policy. We must address two principal issues: (1) the applicability to the accident at issue of an endorsement to the insurance policy that purports to exclude "any and all claims arising from roofing," and, (2) if that exclusion does apply, whether the accident involves a claim "arising from roofing." These issues were presented to the...

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