Subcontractor Insurers Owe Defense To Contractor In Defects Dispute, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 16, 2019, 9:15 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — Two subcontractor insurers owed a duty to defend a general contractor as an additional insured and as primary, noncontributory insurers in an underlying construction defects case, a North Carolina federal judge ruled April 11, granting summary judgment to the general contractor’s insurers (Westfield Insurance Co. v. Weaver Cooke Construction LLC, et al., No. 15-00169, E.D. N.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62208)....