Insurer Files Suit Saying It Has No Duty To Defend In Defects Suits

(January 11, 2021, 2:27 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — An insurer filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania on Jan. 6 seeking an order stating that it has no duty to defend parties involved in a construction defects lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court over damages resulting from the allegedly improper installation of stucco, explaining that the work was performed before it issued policies to the general contractor and that the claims are excluded from coverage based on language in the policies....