Montana High Court: Complaint Fails To Allege Construction Defect, No Coverage Owed

(June 2, 2023, 10:34 AM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an insurer in a lawsuit seeking defense and indemnification for an underlying action, finding that the insurance policy's definitions of “property damage” caused by an “occurrence” cannot be read to encompass a landscaper’s underlying allegations that he was never paid for landscaping work at a townhome....