Will New York Law Go the Way of Weedo: Tenth Circuit Predicts New York Court of Appeals Will Hold that Property Damage Caused by a Subcontractor’s Defective Workmanship Can Constitute an Occurrence Under a Contractor’s CGL Policy

Bryan Keane and Katie Pfeifer | Dorsey | February 15, 2018 On February 13, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision, which concluded that, under New York law, the property damage caused by a subcontractor’s faulty workmanship did not qualify as a covered occurrence because the only damages were to… Continue reading Will New York Law Go the Way of Weedo: Tenth Circuit Predicts New York Court of Appeals Will Hold that Property Damage Caused by a Subcontractor’s Defective Workmanship Can Constitute an Occurrence Under a Contractor’s CGL Policy

A Subcontractor’s Defective Work Is an Occurrence: Weedo Wobbles … and Falls Down

Stephen S. Asay | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | September 6, 2016 Since 1979, commercial general liability (CGL) insurers have relied on the New Jersey Supreme Court case of Weedo v. Stone-E-Brick, Inc. and its progeny to argue that a subcontractor’s defective work can never qualify as an “occurrence” under a standard form ISO… Continue reading A Subcontractor’s Defective Work Is an Occurrence: Weedo Wobbles … and Falls Down

Defective Construction Can Be a Covered Occurrence in New Jersey – the End of Weedo?

Caroline W. Spangenberg and Edmund M. Kneisel | Kilpatrick Townsend | July 23, 2015 Perhaps no case has generated as many citations and commentary (more than 1,880 citations, including 440 cases) on the subject of liability coverage for “construction defects” as Weedo v. Stone-E-Brick, Inc., 81 N.J. 233, 405 A.2d 788 (1979). For more than… Continue reading Defective Construction Can Be a Covered Occurrence in New Jersey – the End of Weedo?

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