3rd Circuit Finds Insurer Not Liable for Botched Fracking Operation June 2, 2023 By Jim Sams A well servicing company that damaged 53 natural gas wells by using a defective chemical during a hydrofracking operation is...
Allianz: Fires, Explosions Cause Largest Losses for Businesses December 17, 2018 Globally, the largest financial losses stem from fires/explosions, aviation incidents, faulty workmanship/maintenance incidents, and storms, which collectively account for more...
Ohio High Court: Subcontractor’s Faulty Work Not Covered by GC’s Policy November 6, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones The Ohio Supreme Court in early October ruled that a general contractor’s commercial general liability policy (CGL) does not cover...
Faulty Workmanship, Even if Charged as Negligence, Isn’t Fortuitous Enough to Be an “Occurrence” Under Liability Policy April 16, 2018 By Richard Wolf Every once in a while, a court teaches us by judicial decision an entire chapter of insurance law lessons we...
Court Rules State Farm Owes No Duty to Defend, Cover Contractor’s Faulty Work October 14, 2016 In a ruling issued earlier this month, a Pennsylvania court found that State Farm owed no duty to defend or...
Arkansas Faulty Workmanship Statute Does Not Have Retroactive Application December 11, 2014 By Steven Plitt The Arkansas Legislature enacted ARK. CODE ANN. § 23-79-155 in 2011. This statute provides in relevant part CGL policies are...
Cape Cod Contractors Admit to Scam, Shoddy Workmanship June 17, 2014 A Massachusetts father and son have been sentenced to two years each in prison after pleading guilty to scamming an...
Report by California Senate Says Bad Welds Allowed on Bay Bridge January 24, 2014 By JASON DEAREN A California Senate report released Wednesday on the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge...
Bills Target Nevada’s Construction Defect Law April 8, 2013 By SANDRA CHEREB Construction defect laws intended to protect consumers have morphed into a trial lawyer’s dream and a nightmare for Nevada’s building...
Legislation Regulating Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Cannot be Applied Retroactively April 1, 2013 By Steven Plitt On January 26, 2011 the general assembly of the South Carolina legislature amended S.C. CODE ANN. § 38-61-70 to require...