Judge: Insurer Breached Duty To Defend Architect For Subcontractor’s Work

Mealey's (January 23, 2018, 11:31 AM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — An insurance company breached its duty to defend an architecture firm from a lawsuit arising from construction defects that resulted from a subcontractor’s negligence, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Jan. 19, holding that the damages were not excluded from coverage under the business risk doctrine and a products-completed operations hazard clause (Westfield Insurance Company v. Miller Architects & Builders Inc., No. 17-400, D. Minn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8539)....