Insurer’s Duty To Defend Lawsuit Should Proceed, Magistrate Judge Finds

Mealey's (September 24, 2018, 12:28 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A commercial general liability insurer’s declaratory judgment case against an insured contractor and homeowners should proceed regarding coverage for noxious gas found in a home after spray foam insulation work, a New Mexico federal magistrate judge held Sept. 20 (International Insurance Company of Hannover SE v. Connors & Sons Classy Construction LLC, et al., No. 17-0825, D. N.M., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161805)....