5th Circuit:  Faulty Work Exclusion Bars Insurance For Window Damages

Mealey's (August 5, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An insurer owes no coverage for $686,976.88 in damages to the exterior glass of a Houston skyscraper because the claim falls within a faulty workmanship exclusion, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 3 (Balfour Beatty Construction, L.L.C., et al. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, No. 19-20216, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 24544)....