Insurer Breached Duty To Defend Subcontractor In Defects Case, Judge Says

Mealey's (August 28, 2020, 8:40 AM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A sub-subcontractor's insurer has a duty to defend and breached that duty toward a subcontractor in a construction defects case regarding an apartment building project, a Florida federal judge ruled Aug. 25, granting partial summary judgment to the subcontractor and the subcontractor's insurer (Orange & Blue Construction, Inc., et. al. v. HDI Global Specialty SE, No. 19-81707, S.D. Fla.,2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155160)....