Dentons | August 9, 2016 On August 4, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed an intermediate court’s ruling that where a subcontractor’s defective work causes physical damage to other, nondefective parts of a general contractor’s project, it constitutes “property damage” caused by an “occurrence” under the general contractor’s standard CGL policy. Cypress Point Condominium… Continue reading New Jersey High Court Follows Nationwide Majority on CGL Coverage for General Contractor
Tag: Commercial General Liability Policy
What Did You Expect? How Contractors Can Help Ensure Insurance Coverage Under a CGL Policy
Matthew F. Putorti | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | June 6, 2016 Insurance covers the unexpected. Courts sometimes struggle to assess what an insured did expect, didn’t expect, or sometimes, should have expected. Contractors, construction firms and others should bear this in mind in their daily operations and when seeking a defense from their… Continue reading What Did You Expect? How Contractors Can Help Ensure Insurance Coverage Under a CGL Policy
Is that Product Liability Claim Covered?
Matthew D. Stockwell and Amanda Senske | Property Casualty 360° | June 1, 2016 Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance policies broadly provide defense and indemnity coverage for claims of bodily injury and property damage asserted against an insured. Product manufacturers are frequently called upon to defend against claims that their products caused bodily injury or… Continue reading Is that Product Liability Claim Covered?
California Court Rejects Primary Carrier’s Excess Other Insurance Position
Insurance Law Blog | April 12, 2016 In its recent decision in Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Arch Specialty Ins. Co., 2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 275 (Cal. App. Apr. 11, 2016), the Court of Appeal of California for the Third Appellate District had occasion to consider the application of other insurance clauses in the… Continue reading California Court Rejects Primary Carrier’s Excess Other Insurance Position
Illinois Federal Court Decision holds that Alleged Property Damage Outside of Subcontractor’s Scope of Work Triggers the Duty to Defend
Clifford J. Shapiro | Barnes & Thornburg LLP | April 1, 2016 Westfield Insurance Company v. National Decorating Service, Inc., No. 1:2014cv01572 (November 25, 2015 N.D. Ill.) (Judge Robert Blakey) holds that, under Illinois law, allegations that a subcontractor’s defective work caused property damage to a building or project outside the scope of the subcontractor’s… Continue reading Illinois Federal Court Decision holds that Alleged Property Damage Outside of Subcontractor’s Scope of Work Triggers the Duty to Defend