Duty To Defend Additional Insured Ended When Project Was Completed, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 2, 2021, 5:26 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Feb. 24 granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a suit brought by a construction manager seeking indemnification and defense in a school district’s lawsuit, finding that the construction manager was not listed as an additional insured on the policy at issue and that the agreement between the subcontractor and the school district required that the construction manager be included as an additional insured only until the project was complete....