Insurer Owes No Coverage For 2 Suits Against Contractor, 9th Circuit Affirms

(June 19, 2023, 2:04 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 16 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a commercial general liability insurer in a contractor insured’s lawsuit alleging breach of contract and bad faith, finding that coverage was not triggered because the two underlying lawsuits brought against the insured seek liability arising from contractual obligations and debts and not from property damage....