Matton Developments
Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Ltd (No 2) (QSC) - insurance policy - contractors and
plants insurance policy did not respond to crane owner’s claim arising from collapse of crane boom |
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Developments Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2015] QSC 72
Supreme Court of Queensland
Flanagan J
Insurance policy - contractors
and plants insurance - insurance company refused to indemnify crane owner for
damage to crane when boom collapsed - competing hypotheses concerning
circumstances in which boom collapsed - construction of policy - operation of
exclusion clauses - ss13 & 54 Insurance
Contracts Act 1984 (Qld) - held:
policy did not respond to plaintiff’s claim - allegation that insurance company
breached the contract of insurance failed - claim dismissed.
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