Judge: No Indemnification Owed For Water Damage Caused By Insured

Mealey's (January 10, 2017, 11:08 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — An insurer has no duty to indemnify an insured and no duty to reimburse an additional insured for alleged water damage to an apartment building because there was no covered “occurrence” for the insured’s failure to properly cover the building’s roof, an Illinois federal judge ruled Jan. 6 (Brit UW Ltd. v. Tripar Inc. and Davis Russell Real Estate and Management LLC, No. 15-5866, N.D. Ill.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2462)....