Judge: Exclusion On Number Of Homes Built Means No Defense To Subcontractor

(April 24, 2024, 3:21 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — Adopting a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, a federal judge dismissed a subcontractor’s insurer from a construction insurance complaint, finding that the insurer owed no defense or indemnification to the contractor in an underlying complaint brought by a group of homeowners due to a policy exclusion related to the construction of a development with more than five units....