Judge: Subcontractor’s Insurer Had Duty To Defend In Injury Suit

Mealey's (March 15, 2018, 4:02 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A masonry subcontractor’s insurance company had a duty to defend a general contractor against a personal injury lawsuit brought by an subcontractor’s employee, a federal judge in California ruled Feb. 27, holding that the general contractor was an additional insured to the subcontractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy and that subcontractor’s policy provided primary coverage (Associated Industries Insurance Inc. v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Co., No. C 17-04952, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32971)....