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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 15

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§ 15
Parent Document
Beltway Management Co. v. Lexington-Landmark Insurance, 746 F. Supp. 1145 (1990)
Effective Date
1990-09-19

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The problem with this syllogism is that its major premise better reflects the conclusion desired by the logician than the conclusion dictated by the contract. Although in ordinary usage it would be perfectly reasonable to interpret personal injury to require some physical harm, that sort of injury is referred to as “bodily injury” and treated in § 3 of the Broad Form Endorsement. “Personal injury” is a contractual term, defined as “injury arising out of one or more” of the offenses numerated. Nothing in the Broad Form Endorsement suggests that the “injury” must be physical or to property. In fact, such a reading would exclude most of the offenses specifically include because claims for malicious *1158