Parties Ask 5th Circuit To Determine Whether Duty To Defend Was Owed

(February 7, 2017, 3:41 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Parties in an insurance dispute recently asked the Fifth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals to determine whether a federal district court erred in determining that an insurer owed an additional insured a duty to defend in an underlying construction defects lawsuit (Lyda Swinerton Builders Inc. v. Oklahoma Surety Co., No. 16-20195, 5th Cir.)....