No Coverage Owed For Water Damage, D.C. Circuit Panel Says In Affirming

(August 7, 2018, 11:07 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An insurer has no duty to cover water and mold damages in an insureds’ beach house because the insureds left the home for more than 72 hours and failed to turn off the water supply to the home as required by the policy, the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said July 31 in affirming a district court’s ruling (Vasilli Katopothis, et al. v. Windsor-Mount Joy Mutual Insurance Co., et. al., No. 16-7132, D.C. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21108)....