No Coverage Owed For Cracks Discovered In Basement Walls, Panel Says

(January 11, 2022, 9:06 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of a homeowners insurer in a suit seeking coverage for cracks and foundation damage in a home’s basement walls caused by the use of defective concrete because there was no caving in or sudden falling in of the basement walls as required for coverage to exist under the policy’s collapse provision, a panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court said Dec. 28....