Is it “Property Damage” Just Because a Jurisdictional Order Uses the Term “Property Damage”? by Chris Boggs

[Editor's note: Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, joined the insurance industry in 1990. He is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big "I") Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big "I" members and others in the insurance industry. This article was originally published on Big I's website. Replies to this commentary are welcome.]

Some plaintiff attorneys are almost giddy over the fact that several jurisdictions used the term “property damage" in their respective …