Insurer Cannot Recover Defense Costs For Underlying Bridge Collapse Suits

(November 9, 2021, 9:03 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut state judge on Oct. 21 granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment after determining that the insurer has no duty to reimburse another insurer for costs incurred in defending an insured contractor against underlying lawsuits arising out of the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida because under applicable Florida law, an insurer cannot recover costs incurred in defending a mutual insured from another insurer....