Panel: Insurer’s Duty-To-Indemnify Issue Not Ripe Until Resolution Of Defects Case

Mealey's (March 11, 2019, 12:47 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 8 affirmed a lower judge’s dismissal of a commercial general liability insurer’s declaratory relief lawsuit regarding its duty to indemnify an insured against construction defect claims because that duty is not ripe for adjudication until the underlying case is resolved (Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Delacruz Drywall Plastering & Stucco Inc., et al., No. 18-14195, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 6976)....