Amy K. Wolfshohl – January 27, 2014 Impact on Contractor’s Insurance Coverage On Friday, January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued the long awaited and much anticipated Ewing Construction v. Amerisure Insurance opinion. You may have heard that the ruling was a big victory for contractors, but you are probably wondering what that means for contractor’s insurance coverage… Continue reading “Texas Supreme Court Issues Ewing Opinion”
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Draft Your Lawsuit to Trigger Insurance Coverage
Anthony Osborn – October 23, 2013 As most people reading this blog post are aware, construction lawsuits can trigger seemingly countless insurance coverage issues. For example, were the alleged damages caused by an “occurrence” as defined in the contractor’s insurance policy? If so, did the damages begin and/or end during different years, thereby triggering multiple… Continue reading Draft Your Lawsuit to Trigger Insurance Coverage
A Cautionary Insurance Tale for Project Owners
Stan Martin – September 4, 2013 The contractor’s excavator digging the foundation for a new building undermines the abutting building, which collapses, and a worker is injured. In the subsequent lawsuits, one by the abutter and one by the injured worker, the project owner tenders the defense to its GL carrier. The carrier eventually gets… Continue reading A Cautionary Insurance Tale for Project Owners
Georgia Supreme Court Rules on Insurance Coverage for Construction Defects
John L. Watkins and Russ Rogers – July 19, 2013 Overview On July 18, 2013, in Taylor Morrison Services, Inc. v. HDI-Gerling Ins. Co., the Supreme Court of Georgia decided two important certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that affirm and expand the rights of property owners and… Continue reading Georgia Supreme Court Rules on Insurance Coverage for Construction Defects
No Need of Injury to Others’ Property to be an “Occurrence” Under a CGL Insurance Policy
Stephen Pudner – July 19, 2013 In an opinion last week that could have far reaching ramifications in the construction industry in the insurance coverage context, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that an “occurrence” under a standard Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy may be based on a breach of warranty claim and does not require… Continue reading No Need of Injury to Others’ Property to be an “Occurrence” Under a CGL Insurance Policy