Between the Lines

Insurers embroiled in coverage disputes sometimes seek to offer evidence of the policy’s purpose or intent to support their interpretation of a disputed policy provision. In a decision interpreting the…

Not If You Cut More Trees Than Called For in Your Contract. That’s Faulty Workmanship, Not an Accident, Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules; Business Risk Exclusions Also Bar Coverage. In light…

I recently wrote about the Connecticut Supreme Court’s decision addressing the often-contested question of whether the standard form CGL policy covers damage caused by defective construction. Connecticut found that where…

When a general contractor seeks coverage under its general liability policy for losses resulting from defective work on a construction project, disputes inevitably follow.  Typically contested issues include whether there…

A pipe bursts in a warehouse.  Water seeps under the concrete floor and the floor sinks.  The warehouse owner is covered for the damage to the floor even though the…

Windows are falling out of a prominent skyscraper.  Has there been an “occurrence” under the contractor’s general liability policy? Coverage for construction defects has been a hotly contested commercial general…