10th Circuit: Insurers Not Required To Pay Judgments Against Contractors

Mealey's (July 17, 2017, 11:17 AM EDT) -- DENVER — A federal judge in Utah did not err when awarding summary judgment to two insurance companies that were sued by a couple seeking to recover $2.2 million in judgments they are owed by two contractors over faulty framing, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 13, holding that the insurers are not required to provide coverage under policies issued to the contractors (Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. George Fleming, et al, No. 16-4118, 10th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 12533)....