Mississippi Appeals Court: Contractor, Insurer’s Indemnity Claim Unripe When Filed

(May 9, 2024, 2:18 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a state circuit court’s decision to dismiss a declaratory judgment complaint brought by a contractor and its insurer against a subcontractor in a coverage dispute stemming from faulty masonry, finding that the question of the insurer’s duty to indemnify the subcontractor was not ripe when the complaint was filed....