No Coverage Owed For Rot, Termite Damage, 5th Circuit Panel Affirms

Mealey's (May 14, 2021, 11:11 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A homeowners insurer owes no coverage for the collapse XE "collapse"  of a home’s joists as a result of termite and rot damage because there was no entire collapse of the home as required by the policy, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said May 13 in affirming a district court’s ruling in favor of the insurer....