Anti-Subrogation Rule Bars Contribution Claim In Insurance Suit, Judge Says

(December 15, 2016, 10:47 AM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Because a contractor is an insured under a builder’s risk policy, the anti-subrogation rule applies, which prohibits an insurer from seeking subrogation from its own insured, an Oregon federal judge ruled Dec. 12, granting summary judgment to the contractor on third-party claims in an insurance dispute over reimbursement for construction defects in a project (Factory Mutual Insurance Co. v. PERI Formworks Systems Inc. v. McClone Construction Co., No. 16-264, D. Ore.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171357)....

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