{"id":897117,"date":"2020-02-26T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=897117"},"modified":"2020-02-26T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:47:49","slug":"some-insurers-dismissed-faulty-workmanship-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/some-insurers-dismissed-faulty-workmanship-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Insurers Dismissed, Others Are Not in Claims for Faulty Workmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tred R. Eyerly | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancelawhawaii.com\/insurance_law_hawaii\/2019\/11\/some-insurers-dismiss-others-are-not-in-claims-for-faulty-workmanship.html\">Insurance Law Hawaii<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The insured Developer survived a motion to dismiss by one of several carriers who were asked to defend against claims for faulty workmanship.&nbsp;East 111 Assoc. LLC v. RLI Ins. Co., 2019 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 5331 (Oct. 4, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Developers sponsored a residential condominium project and sold all units. The owners subsequently sought damages for $881,450 for alleged design and construction defects, and asserting causes of action for, among other things, breach of contract, specific performance and negligence. The underlying action settled for $350,000. Developers sought coverage from its insurers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Developers sued the carriers for a declaratory judgment that they were entitled to a defense. Developers had a CGL policy issued by Mt. Hawley. Developers were also additional insureds in policies issued to subcontractors by James River, Admiral and Selective. The insurers moved to dismiss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The insurers&#8217; breach of contract exclusion precluded coverage for &#8220;property damage . . . arising directly or indirectly out of . . . (a) Breach of express or implied contract; (b) Breach of express or implied warranty . . .&#8221; Developers argued that the owners&#8217; cause of action for negligence did not fall within this exclusion. However, the negligence cause of action alleged &#8211; as did the breach of contract &#8211; that Developers constructed the building with design and construction defects and not in accordance with the offering plan. Since all of the alleged &#8220;property damage arose directly or indirectly&#8221; from Developers&#8217; alleged breach of express or implied contract by their failure to deliver a building free of defects, the underlying action fell within the breach of contract exclusions. Therefore, motions to dismiss by&nbsp;James River, Admiral, and Mt. Hawley were granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Developers were additional insureds under the Selective policy issued to Walsh, a subcontractor. The underlying complaint carried the possibility that Walsh&#8217;s allegedly fault workmanship damaged other parts of the building &#8211; which was not, as a whole, Walsh&#8217;s work &#8211; an &#8220;occurrence&#8221; giving rise to &#8220;property damage&#8221; could exist under the Selective policy. Accordingly, the alleged water damage triggered Selective&#8217;s duty to defend Developers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii &nbsp; &nbsp; The insured Developer survived a motion to dismiss by one of several carriers who were asked to defend against claims for faulty workmanship.&nbsp;East 111 Assoc. LLC v. RLI Ins. Co., 2019 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 5331 (Oct. 4, 2019). &nbsp; &nbsp; Developers sponsored a residential condominium project&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/some-insurers-dismissed-faulty-workmanship-claims\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Some Insurers Dismissed, Others Are Not in Claims for Faulty Workmanship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11092,9914],"tags":[9895,68,11],"class_list":["post-897117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faulty-workmanship","category-insurance-coverage","tag-advise-consult","tag-faulty-workmanship","tag-insurance-claim","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Some Insurers Dismissed, Others Are Not in Claims for Faulty Workmanship - Advise &amp; 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