Mealey's (January 27, 2022, 9:13 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a pair of Jan. 20 rulings in related appeals over Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co.’s duty to defend in two construction defects lawsuits, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s final judgment in favor of Zurich American Insurance Co. and affirmed the court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of Ironshore, finding that Ironshore was entitled to final judgment and summary judgment because Zurich failed to prove the applicability of an exclusion exception....