Allstate Asks 3rd Circuit To Overturn Verdict For Insured In Collapsed Facade Suit

Mealey's (July 21, 2017, 7:33 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal jury erred when it returned a verdict in favor of an insured after the stone facade on her home collapsed because the main cause of the collapse is excluded under the homeowners policy, the insurer argues in an appellant brief filed Feb. 23 in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Ahsaki Gordon, et al. v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 16-3671, 3rd Cir.)....