Insurer Has No Duty To Pay Consent Judgment Against Contractor, Federal Judge Rules

Mealey's (July 26, 2021, 10:05 AM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Giving preclusive effect to a judge’s factual finding in an insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit that damage to a plaintiff’s home did not “manifest” during an insurance policy period, a federal judge in Alabama on July 20 held that the plaintiff cannot recover a consent judgment obtained against a contractor in his direct action lawsuit against the insurer....