Additional Insureds Are Denied Coverage Where Carrier Rescinds Policy of Contractor That Had been Issued Based on Misrepresentations in the Policy Application Concerning the Nature of Contractor’s Work

When a tower crane collapsed in New York City, killing seven people, injuring dozens more, and damaging several buildings, the contractor that was operating the crane was denied coverage by it’s excess liability carrier for several distinct reasons.  The first reason...

Negligent Misrepresentation Claim Cannot be made against Engineer Whose Design and Construction of Sludge Processing Equipment Failed to Generate as Much Electricity as Engineer Represented Would be Created

An engineer who was retained by its client to design and construct anaerobic digesters to process cattle manure and paper sludge was sued by its client when the system failed to process the amount of sludge and produce the amount of electricity per day that engineer...