5th Circuit Panel Says Insurer Owes Duty To Defend Insured In Water Damage Suit

Mealey's (January 14, 2022, 11:56 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A commercial general liability insurer has a duty to defend its insured for an underlying suit arising out of water damage to a high school as a result of an allegedly defective roofing system manufactured by the insured because the policy’s your work or your product exclusions do not apply as the underlying suit seeks damages for property that does not constitute the insured’s product, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Jan. 11....