Coverage Owed For Partial Collapse Of Insured Roof, Panel Says

(December 1, 2020, 9:12 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A trial court did not err in finding that a commercial property insurer owed coverage for the partial collapse of an insured’s roof following Superstorm Sandy because the damage was abrupt as the roof damage did not exist before Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division said Nov. 19 (Parko Properties LLC v. Mercer Insurance Company of New Jersey, No. A-4137-17T2, N.J. Super., App. Div., 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2268)....