Where Prime Failed to Require Indemnity from Its Sub and Failed to be Named as Additional Insured – its CGL Carrier Had No Coverage Responsibility

by Kent Holland | May 31, 2022 | Newsletter Article

General contractor and its CGL carrier were sued by a subcontractor’s employee for injuries sustained when hit by truck driven by another subcontractor while working on site. The CGL moved for summary judgment on the basis that an exclusion in the policy barred...

No Insurance under CGL Policy for Contractual Dispute

by Kent Holland | Jul 27, 2021 | Newsletter Article

Where a concrete subcontractor’s ready mix concrete was found to be defective, and its client- another contractor, refused to pay for it, the subcontractor put a lien on the project, and the parties sued each other over the payment dispute. The subcontractor then...

CGL Carrier Owes No Duty to Defend Design-Builder against Project Owner’s Counterclaim alleging Damages from Defective Work

by Kent Holland | Aug 11, 2020 | Newsletter Article

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,”...

Insurance Company not Obligated to pay Damages agreed to by Contractor under Settlement Agreement with Owner where Damages not Allocated between Covered and Non-covered Damages

by Kent Holland | Apr 13, 2020 | Newsletter Article

While a declaratory judgment action was pending to decide whether a CGL insurance carrier owed a duty to defend and indemnify a contractor against claims by its client, a marina, for damages arising out of defective work, the contractor and marina entered into what is...

Certificate of Insurance Binds Carrier to Provide Insurance to the Entity that was Incorrectly Listed as an Additional Insured

by Kent Holland | Feb 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article

An insurance company was held bound by its agent’s written representation-made in a certificate of insurance—that a particular corporation was an additional insured under a given insurance policy. The certificate turned out to be inconsistent with the policy that only...

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Where Prime Failed to Require Indemnity from Its Sub and Failed to be Named as Additional Insured – its CGL Carrier Had No Coverage Responsibility

No Insurance under CGL Policy for Contractual Dispute

CGL Carrier Owes No Duty to Defend Design-Builder against Project Owner’s Counterclaim alleging Damages from Defective Work

Insurance Company not Obligated to pay Damages agreed to by Contractor under Settlement Agreement with Owner where Damages not Allocated between Covered and Non-covered Damages

Certificate of Insurance Binds Carrier to Provide Insurance to the Entity that was Incorrectly Listed as an Additional Insured

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Where Prime Failed to Require Indemnity from Its Sub and Failed to be Named as Additional Insured – its CGL Carrier Had No Coverage Responsibility

No Insurance under CGL Policy for Contractual Dispute

CGL Carrier Owes No Duty to Defend Design-Builder against Project Owner’s Counterclaim alleging Damages from Defective Work

Insurance Company not Obligated to pay Damages agreed to by Contractor under Settlement Agreement with Owner where Damages not Allocated between Covered and Non-covered Damages

Certificate of Insurance Binds Carrier to Provide Insurance to the Entity that was Incorrectly Listed as an Additional Insured

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