Panel: EIFS Exclusion Bars Coverage For Construction Defects Claims Against Insured

Mealey's (April 15, 2016, 12:26 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — An insurance policy’s external insulation and finish system (EIFS) exclusion precludes coverage for construction defect claims, a New Jersey appeals panel affirmed April 13, finding that sufficient expert testimony supported the contention that EIFS was installed in the project as defined in the exclusion (Crum & Forster Insurance Co. and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Co. v. The Breese Corp. and Lakeside at North Haledon Condominium Association, Inc., No. A-3880-13T1, N.J. Super. App. Div.; 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 829)....