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Is a Crack to an Opal a Fortuitous Loss?

By Chip Merlin on December 30, 2025

One year following the fortuitous loss case Mellon v. Federal Insurance Company, which I wrote about yesterday in The First Discussion of Fortuity by an American Court, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided a case about a gemstone and fortuity. There was no steamship, no boiler explosion, and no maritime drama. Instead, there was a beautiful …

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