Water Damage Did Not Cause Abrupt Collapse, North Carolina Federal Judge Says

(March 5, 2019, 10:56 AM EST) -- STATESVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Feb. 26 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a water damage coverage dispute after determining that no coverage is owed because the water damage did not cause an abrupt collapse as required for coverage to exist under the policy (Eileen Hunter v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., No. 17-224, W.D. N.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32755)....