Joseph Reynolds | Construction Executive New faulty workmanship coverage forms have emerged to potentially address the “your work” exposure found in most contractors professional liability (CPrL) policies. Once offered by only a single carrier, several insurers have recently entered the marketplace to cover the cost to repair or replace faulty work or the related material… Continue reading Address ‘Your Work’ Exposure Within CPrL Policies With Faulty Workmanship Coverage
Category: Faulty Workmanship
Business Risk Exclusions Bar Faulty Workmanship Claim
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing systems was unsuccessful in securing coverage for alleged faulty workmanship due to the “your work” and “your product” exclusions. Siplast, Inc. v. Emplrs Mut. Cas. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176539 (N.D. Texas Sept. 25, 2020). Siplast was… Continue reading Business Risk Exclusions Bar Faulty Workmanship Claim
Contractor Haunted by “Demonized” Flooring
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog The most un-Halloween of Halloweens has come and gone. If you ask me though, between COVID, protests, fires, hurricanes, the passing of a Supreme Court Justice, and one of the most hotly contested elections in U.S. history, we’ve had enough scares this year to make up for it and then… Continue reading Contractor Haunted by “Demonized” Flooring
Eleventh Circuit Vacates District Court Decision Finding No Duty to Defend Faulty Workmanship Claims
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the insurer finding there was no duty to defend. Southern-Owners Ins. Co. v. Mac Contractors of Florida, LLC, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23918 (11th Cir. July 29, 2020). Mac Contractors entered into a… Continue reading Eleventh Circuit Vacates District Court Decision Finding No Duty to Defend Faulty Workmanship Claims
South Carolina Federal Court Finds No Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Damages Discovered Years After Occurrence-Based Policy Expiration
Roben West | PropertyCasualtyFocus Potential Six-Year Delay in Notice of Flood and Mold Damage “Substantially Prejudiced” Insurer In Atain Specialty Insurance Company v. Carolina Professional Builders, LLC et al., 2:18-cv-2352-BHH (D.S.C. Oct. 2, 2020), a federal judge in South Carolina granted summary judgment to an insurer after finding that the record clearly supported that although flood… Continue reading South Carolina Federal Court Finds No Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Damages Discovered Years After Occurrence-Based Policy Expiration