Elliotte Quinn IV | Law 360 | October 17,2017 A developing area in the law of insurance coverage for construction defects is whether a contractor’s commercial general liability (“CGL”) carrier is obligated to defend the contractor when the contractor receives a notice of alleged construction defects under a notice and opportunity to repair statute. Over… Continue reading Do Defect Notice Letters Trigger The Duty To Defend?
Tag: Commercial General Liability
Variations Among States Regarding Defective Workmanship as Occurrence
Ana Reis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 28, 2016 Whether construction defects are occurrences under Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance policies is an issue that has been highly litigated in recent years. A review of cases from various states discloses that courts have been divided both in the way they decide and… Continue reading Variations Among States Regarding Defective Workmanship as Occurrence
Can Faulty Workmanship give Rise to a Covered Insurance Claim? Illinois Court says Yes
Stan Martin | Commonsense Construction Law LLC | November 30, 2015 The court states the issue in its first sentence: “This case presents a straightforward, but unsettled, question of Illinois law: Is there an ‘occurrence’ under standard-form comprehensive general liability (“CGL”) policies when the named insured contractor’s faulty workmanship causes damage to a building that… Continue reading Can Faulty Workmanship give Rise to a Covered Insurance Claim? Illinois Court says Yes
Are You Covered? The “Care, Custody, Or Control” Exclusion
Heather Howell Wright | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 22, 2015 Spring weather systems, such as the storms that have recently produced significant flooding in Texas, frequently create the necessity for restoration and remediation work. In performing such restoration work, it may be necessary to remove and store personal property contained within the… Continue reading Are You Covered? The “Care, Custody, Or Control” Exclusion
Insurers Argue Damage by Meteor is all that is Covered in a CGL
Joan Cotkin | Litigation Advocates | April 3, 2015 In a decision out of the Superior Court in Delaware, Judge Rocanelli bought a favorite insurance industry argument so extreme, several state legislatures (including Colorado and South Carolina) have passed laws overruling court decisions in their states adopting it. The argument is that the definition of “occurrence”… Continue reading Insurers Argue Damage by Meteor is all that is Covered in a CGL