5th Circuit Panel: Insurer Has Duty To Defend Highway Project General Contractor

Mealey's (December 22, 2021, 11:06 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 14 reversed a district court’s judgment in a construction defects suit related to a highway construction project, finding that the subcontractor’s insurer owes a duty to defend the general contractor in its underlying litigation with the developer because “[t]he Developer’s claims against the Project’s general contractor implicate defective construction of the Project’s drainage systems.”...