Nathan Lander | Risk and Recovery: Legal Insights for the Insured | November 4, 2014 On October 29, the Fifth Circuit reversed itself for the second time this year in a case involving the interpretation of a contractual liability exclusion in a CGL policy. This recent decision by the Fifth Circuit in Crownover v. Mid-Continent Casualty… Continue reading More “Texas Justice” For Policyholder On Contractual Liability Exclusion
Category: General Liability Policy
Defective Work on a Building Pad that Results in Structural Damage is Not Considered an “Accident” that would Trigger Coverage for an “Occurrence” under a CGL Policy in Kentucky
Benjamin B. Hyden | Bricker & Eckler LLP | October 31, 2014 Structural damage to a new building caused by a defective building pad may not be covered under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy when the specific damage is the type of damage that a properly constructed building pad is expected to prevent.… Continue reading Defective Work on a Building Pad that Results in Structural Damage is Not Considered an “Accident” that would Trigger Coverage for an “Occurrence” under a CGL Policy in Kentucky
No CGL Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Under Pennsylvania Law
Gilbert Lee | Sedgwick Insurance Law Blog | October 24, 2014 In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. McDermott, 2014 WL 5285335 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 15, 2014), a federal court recently held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against an underlying construction defect lawsuit containing causes of action sounding… Continue reading No CGL Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Under Pennsylvania Law
Cannonball! CGL Policy Does Not Cover Pool Contractor for Subcontractor’s Negligence
Jeffrey Dillon | Sedgwick Insurance Law Blog | October 7, 2014 In Standard Contractors, Inc. v. National Trust Ins. Co., Civil Action No.:7:14-cv-66-HL, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia recently granted a commercial general liability insurer’s motion to dismiss a contractor’s coverage action on the ground that the policy’s “Contractors Errors and Omissions” coverage applied only to property damage to the contractors’ work… Continue reading Cannonball! CGL Policy Does Not Cover Pool Contractor for Subcontractor’s Negligence
Contractor’s CGL Policy Doesn’t Cover Subcontractors’ Faulty Work: Appeals Court
Judy Greenwald – August 4, 2014 A construction company’s commercial general liability insurance policy does not provide coverage for faulty workmanship or subcontractor negligence, says an appeals court, in upholding a lower court ruling. Little Rock, Arkansas-based J-McDaniel Construction Co. Inc. purchased a CGL policy from a unit of the Great American Insurance Group, in… Continue reading Contractor’s CGL Policy Doesn’t Cover Subcontractors’ Faulty Work: Appeals Court