9th Circuit Overturns Ruling Finding Beetle Infestation Was An Occurrence

(March 12, 2018, 9:02 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 27 reversed a federal judge in Montana’s ruling awarding summary judgment to an insurance company, finding that genuine disputes exist as to whether a home builder knew about an industry practice regarding the use of insecticides to treat logs that were infested with powder post beetles and if the infestation should have been reasonably expected (Northland Casualty Company v. Northwest Log Homes LLC, No. 16-35731, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 4867)....