Judge Says Evidence Supports Insurer’s Defense Regarding Pre-existing Roof Defects

(January 13, 2021, 9:44 AM EST) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Dec. 18 denied in part a motion for partial summary judgment and to strike an insurance company’s affirmative defenses filed by the assignee of an insured who was denied coverage for damages stemming from Hurricane Irma, finding that the insurer provided sufficient evidence to support its defense that defects in repairs to a building’s roof may have been present before the storm....