The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a district court's decision in favor of an insurer, finding that an inadvertent omission of an exclusion endorsement created only the appearance of coverage and that the evidence was not sufficient to support the jury's verdict in the policyholder's favor. The issue of the “appearance of coverage” is discussed in the “Focus” section in the June 2013 issue of the Insurance Coverage Law Report.
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Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].