{"id":893545,"date":"2018-01-31T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=893545"},"modified":"2018-01-31T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:50:56","slug":"court-rules-insurers-must-treat-notice-claim-construction-defects-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/court-rules-insurers-must-treat-notice-claim-construction-defects-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rules That Insurers Must Treat Notice of Claim for Construction Defects as a \u201cSuit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Seemuth | <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2018\/01\/21\/court-rules-that-insurers-must-treat-notice-of-claim-for-construction-defects-as-a-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Deal<\/a> | January 21, 2018<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-post\">\n<div class=\"secondary-headline\"><em>The Florida Supreme Court ruled on a case centering on construction of the Sapphire Condominium in Fort Lauderdale and Altman Contractors Inc.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-nav-block clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content-box\">\n<div id=\"attachment_395574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-395574 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s11.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-124x83.jpg 124w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-140x93.jpg 140w, https:\/\/s14.therealdeal.com\/trd\/m\/up\/2018\/01\/Sapphire-condominium-in-Fort-Lauderdale-144x96.jpg 144w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sapphire Condominium in Fort Lauderdale (Credit: Keller Williams Realty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court ruled that filing notice of a claim for a construction defect is equivalent to a filing a \u201csuit\u201d that a general liability insurer may have to defend.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling came in response to a question about the state\u2019s procedural requirements before filing a court claim for a construction defect.<\/p>\n<p>The case centered on the Sapphire Condominium, a high-rise condo in Fort Lauderdale on North Ocean Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012,\u00a0Altman Contractors Inc., the general contractor for the construction of Sapphire, got several notices of claim in 2012 from Sapphire owners, who alleged more than 800 construction defects.<\/p>\n<p>Altman notified its commercial liability insurer of the Sapphire notices of claim and demanded that the insurer defend and indemnify the general contractor against the allegations of\u00a0defective construction.<\/p>\n<p>But the insurer, Crum &amp; Forster Specialty Insurance Company (C&amp;F), denied Altman\u2019s demand, asserting the notices of claim didn\u2019t amount to a \u201csuit,\u201d which would invoke the insurer\u2019s duty to defend and indemnify the general contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Altman ultimately settled all the Sapphire claims out of court without the involvement of C&amp;F.<\/p>\n<p>Altman also asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to rule that C&amp;F had a duty to provide defense and indemnity against the Sapphire claims. The district court ruled in favor of the insurer, and Altman appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11<sup>th<\/sup>Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court responded by certifying a question for the Florida Supreme Court about chapter 558, Florida Statutes, which lays out a notice-and-repair process that must happen before claimants can sue for construction defects.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the notice-and-repair process that Sapphire initiated was a \u201csuit\u201d within the meaning of the general liability insurance policy that Altman bought from C&amp;F.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Seemuth | The Real Deal | January 21, 2018 The Florida Supreme Court ruled on a case centering on construction of the Sapphire Condominium in Fort Lauderdale and Altman Contractors Inc. 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