Exclusion Bars Coverage For Construction Of Beetle-Infested Log Home, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (January 8, 2020, 11:29 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 27 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that a claim alleging that an insured constructed a beetle-infested log home is barred from coverage by a commercial general liability insurance policy’s exclusion for certain damages arising out of the insured's work (Northland Casualty Co. v. Joseph S. Mulroy, et al., No. 19-35085, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38702)....