Tennessee High Court: Contractor Cannot Pursue Claim Against Insurer

(May 5, 2021, 9:15 AM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In answering one of three questions certified to it by a federal judge in Tennessee, the state’s high court held April 26 that a contractor has no private cause of action under state law against an insurer that failed to name it as a payee for work performed to repair storm damage at a property because while the contractor is an intended beneficiary of the statute, there was no legislative intent to provide it with a cause of action to file suit....

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