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- Title: John Graffeo Et Al. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 06, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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Findings of fact contained in the opinion of the City Court are affirmed, and additional findings are made as indicated herein. The policy in suit expressly excludes from its coverage any loss by ""settling, cracking, shrinkage, or expansion of pavements, foundations, walls, floors or ceilings; unless loss by * * * landslide, collapse [or] water damage * * * ensues, and this company shall then be liable only for such ensuing loss"" (emphasis added). From the stipulated facts it appears: (1) that four rooms of the insured dwelling (a split-level house) rested upon a concrete slab; (2) that the slab sank or settled due to the discharge of sewage from a break in the waste pipe which was buried beneath the slab; (3) that after such settling of the slab the interior walls of the house were pulled away from the ceilings and crevices appeared; (4) that a four-inch separation between the slab and the molding occurred and other damage resulted; and (5) that the sinking or settling of the concrete slab was the direct cause of all the damage