Section 9.34 Common Exclusions

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Exclusions are usually invoked by the nature of the matters asserted in the “claim” and not by the type of wrongful acts that gave rise to the claim. See Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Servs. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co., 971 F.2d 1, 3–4 (6^th Cir. 1992); Int’l Ins. Co. v. Johns, 874 F.2d 1447, 1456 (11^th Cir. 1989). In general, exclusions are to be interpreted narrowly if there is any ambiguity. Omaha Indem. Co. v. Pall, Inc., 817 S.W.2d 491, 494 (Mo. App. E.D. 1991); Tewell, Thorpe & Findlay, Inc. v...