Judge: Insurer Has Duty To Defend Paver In Faulty Asphalt Installation Suit

Mealey's (December 22, 2022, 4:15 PM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An insurer owed its insured subcontractor a duty to defend in an underlying construction defects lawsuit stemming from the subcontractor’s allegedly faulty paving work in a parking lot because both the allegations made in the underlying lawsuit and information included in a construction management services provider’s report showed that losses sustained were the result of the subcontractor’s allegedly faulty work, a federal judge in Connecticut ruled in granting the subcontractor’s motion for summary judgment and denying the insurer’s competing motion....