Damage Caused By Insured’s Fracking Work Is Not Occurrence, Panel Reiterates

(July 26, 2023, 12:20 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Following a panel rehearing, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 25 reiterated that an insurer owes no coverage to its insured for damages to natural gas wells caused by the insured’s fracking XE "fracking"  work because neither faulty workmanship nor failure to perform a contract in a workmanlike manner can be construed as an occurrence as required by the policy....