A commercial general liability (CGL) carrier was entitled to summary judgment that it owed no duty to defend an engineering firm against a lawsuit alleging that the firm had intentionally defrauded the homeowners in a community concerning the quality of their drinking...
Design-Builder’s services were terminated by the project owner. It then sued the owner for breach of contract. The owner counter-claimed — alleging breach of contract, breach of “implied duties of workmanlike performance and fitness for a particular purpose,”...
Where a subcontractor failed to conduct soil-compaction testing before construction, the house that was built on non-compacted soil sustained settlement damage. The homeowners sued both the general contractor (GC) and subcontractor for damages. The GC tendered the...
A condominium complex sustained consequential damages resulting from rainwater infiltration from roof leaks and leaking windows, due to alleged defective work of a construction subcontractor. The condo association filed suit against the prime contractor, among others,...
A question often arises whether there is insurance coverage under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy for damage the insured contractor’s own work. Many states require that there is no insurable “occurrence” under a CGL policy unless there has been damage to...
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