No Coverage Owed For Deterioration Of Insureds’ Basement Foundation Walls

(May 3, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT) -- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — No coverage is afforded for insureds’ claims arising out of the cracking and deterioration of their home’s basement walls as a result of a chemical reaction in the foundation’s concrete because the policy’s collapse provision provides coverage only for abrupt collapses, a Connecticut federal judge said May 2 in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss (John Enderle, et al. v. Amica Mutual Insurance Co., No. 17-1510, D. Conn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74186)....