Jason Cleri | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 8, 2019 Easthampton Congregational Church submitted an insurance claim to Church Mutual Insurance Company when their roof suddenly collapsed. Church Mutual denied coverage for faulty construction after they sent their engineer, Joseph Malo, out to inspect the property. Mr. Malo noted, and the insured agreed,… Continue reading Church vs. Church – Court Uses Dictionary to Define “Decay”
Tag: Collapse
Deterioration Known To Insured Forecloses Collapse Coverage
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | December 26, 2018 The insurer properly denied coverage for collapse of a building when the insured knew from an expert’s examination that the walls of his house were deteriorating. Jaimes v. Liberty Ins. Corp., 2018 U. S. Dust. LEXIS 198224 (D. Colo. Nov. 21, 2018). The… Continue reading Deterioration Known To Insured Forecloses Collapse Coverage
Connecticutt Class Action on Collapse Claims Faces Motion to Dismiss
Tred Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | November 28, 2018 The federal district court dismissed some insurers from a class action suit alleging failure to provide coverage for collapse claims. Halloran v. Harleysville Preferred Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179807 (D. Conn. Oct. 19, 2018). A class of homeowners brought suit… Continue reading Connecticutt Class Action on Collapse Claims Faces Motion to Dismiss
Trial Court Sides with Insurers Over Cracked Concrete Foundation
Jason Cleri | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | December 15, 2018 In March of 2017, I wrote a blog post about the crumbling foundations in Connecticut due to a concrete company, J.J. Mottes & Company, using concrete that contained pyrrhotite, that cause the concrete to lose integrity and collapse. Many insurance companies have been denying these… Continue reading Trial Court Sides with Insurers Over Cracked Concrete Foundation
“Abrupt Falling Down of Building or Part of Building” as Definition of Collapse Found Ambiguous
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | October 10, 2018 The federal district court predicted the California Supreme Court would find the definition of collapse, calling for the abrupt falling down or caving in of a building or part of a building, to be ambiguous. Hoban v. Nova Cas. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139116… Continue reading “Abrupt Falling Down of Building or Part of Building” as Definition of Collapse Found Ambiguous