26 Jul 2017
AMI INSURANCE LTD v LEGG & OTHERS [2017] NZCA 321
- Citation
- [2017] 3 NZLR 629
- Court
- Court of Appeal
In the context of the AMI lifestyle policy the phrase "in connection with" required a causal and substantial nexus between the excluded business activity and the insured legal liability; ELL material formed the greater part of the heap, was an effective and interdependent cause of the reignition and resulting damage, and therefore the exclusion applied under the Wayne Tank principle; AMI was not liable to indemnify the Leggs for the statutory firefighting costs.