Court Opinion

ID: 9760053
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:39:36.305554+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:07.975133
License: Public Domain

FONES, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
I agree with the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals insofar as it concludes that (1) the miners were not employees of Blue Diamond, but were employed by Sco-tia Coal Company; (2) there was no ambiguity in the coverage limitation to “any employee in the immediate service of the employer”; and (3) the policies cannot be interpreted as treating the three named insureds as one and extending to each named insured coverage against liability to the employees of the other two employers.
In my opinion these conclusions require the result reached by the Court of Appeals, dismissal of plaintiff’s suit.