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Faulty Workmanship
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Connecticut Court Rules That Insured Contractor’s Faulty Work Cannot Constitute Occurrence
Earlier this month, the Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Waterbury, Complex Litigation Docket, ruled that where a contractor was sued based on allegations of poor workmanship, the…
Constructlaw®
United States District Court in Virginia Holds That Prime Contract Provision Concerning Accrual of Statute of Limitations “Flowed Down” to Afford Subcontractor Defense to Defective Work Claim
By Constructlaw
Steadfast Insurance Co v. Brodie Contractors, Inc. 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88448 (October 31, 2008 W.D. Va.) Steadfast Insurance Co., as subrogee of Skanska USA Building Co., the general contractor,…
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Damages Caused To Component Parts By Subcontractors’ Deficient Work Is Not “Property Damage” Caused By An Occurrence”
An Indiana federal district court recently granted summary judgment on the ground that an insurer had no duty under a CGL policy to indemnify its insured, a general contractor, in…
Insurance Law Hawaii
State Court Trend: Moving Away from Burlington
An article recently came out in the "Construct" journal, put out the Construction Litigation Committee of the ABA, entitled "State Courts Trend: Coverage for Faulty Workmanship." This article is similar…
Constructlaw®
U.S. District Court in New York Draws Distinction Between Damages Recoverable for Defective Work in Tort and for Breach of Contract – Where Tort Claim Barred By Statute of Limitations, Owner Could Not Recover for Cost of Replacement of Structure Destroyed By Fire Allegedly Resulting From Defective Work of Renovation Contractor
By Constructlaw
Regent Ins. Co. v. Storm King Contr., Inc. 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16513 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 26, 2008) In June 1999, the owner of The Emerson Inn hired Storm King to…
Florida Insurance Blog
Florida Supreme Court Gives Insight Into When a General Contractor’s CGL Insurance Policy Provides Coverage for a Subcontractor’s Faulty Workmanship
By Mark Nation
The Florida Supreme Court has recently issued two opinions which shed light on whether standard form commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy covers a general contractor's liability for defective work…
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Finds That CGL Policy Does Not Cover Subcontractor’s Defective Work
In Mello Constr. Co. v. Acadia Ins. Co., 874 N.E.2d 1142 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007), an unpublished decision, the court held that the commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy of a…
Louisiana Law Blog
Contractors’ Faulty Workmanship Not Covered by Insurance Policy
By Todd Rossi
According to the Louisiana Supreme Court, a commercial general liability policy unambiguously excluded coverage for a contractor’s faulty workmanship. Supreme Services & Specialty Co. Inc. v. Sonny Greer, 958 So.2d…
Louisiana Law Blog
Insurance Coverage for Defective Workmanship
A recent case out of Louisiana could be big news for general contractors, owners, and insurers. Louisiana's Second Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court's opinion that an…
ContractsProf Blog
Cases—Interpretation—”faulty workmanship”
An insured homeowner's "all risks" policy did not cover losses caused by "brown rot" in the lumber used in building an addition, or incompetent workmanship by the contractor, according to…