Khazai Rug: Court of Appeals of Kentucky applies Crime Policy’s Inventory Exclusion to Alleged Employee Theft Loss
JUMP TO: THE FACTS | THE INVENTORY EXCLUSION | THE CONCLUSION The inventory exclusion precludes an insured from proving an employee theft loss solely by reliance on inventory calculations, independent of other proof of actual employee theft. A recent decision of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, Khazai Rug Gallery, LLC v. State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company, provides a good example of the application of the inventory exclusion, and makes important findings with respect to whether it is appropriate to infer a connection between a demonstrated instance of employee theft and another similar instance for which there is insufficient independent evidence. The Facts