Insurer’s, Contractor’s Appeals Of Indemnification Ruling Dismissed

Mealey's (July 26, 2022, 9:18 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Without providing detail, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 13 issued an order granting a joint motion to voluntarily dismiss cross-appeals filed by a general contractor and a general liability insurer in a declaratory judgment lawsuit in which the insurer argues that it does not owe a duty to defend or indemnify the contractor in an underlying breach of contract lawsuit stemming from a subcontractor’s allegedly faulty roofing and siding work at an apartment complex....