Second Circuit Finds That Subcontract Did Not Incorporate GC’s Obligation To Obtain Additional Insured Coverage For Owners And That GC’s Primary Policy Was Primary To GC’s Additional Insured Coverage Under Sub’s Umbrella...more
The insureds, a country club and motorcycle group, held an annual motorcycle rally. They were sued by two motorcycle riders who were struck by an automobile as the riders and automobile were entering the premises of the club...more
4/27/2023
/ Bodily Injury ,
Duty to Defend ,
Exclusions ,
General Contractors ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
New York ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Subcontractors ,
Third-Party ,
Workplace Injury
Second Circuit Holds That General Contractor’s “True Excess” Policy Covers Owner Before Owner’s Primary Policy Because Of General Contractor’s Contractual Indemnity Obligation to Owner-
The Long Island Railroad on behalf...more
11/30/2021
/ Advertising Injury ,
Bodily Injury ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contractors ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Defamation ,
General Contractors ,
Indemnity Agreements ,
Insurance Industry ,
Natural Resources ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
Railroads
First Department Finds Exterior Work Over Two Stories Exclusion Did Not Apply To Accident From Work On Lower Floors-
Adelphi University hired a general contractor for a construction project to build, from the ground up, a...more
6/29/2021
/ Allstate ,
Anti-Assignment Clauses ,
Asbestos ,
AT&T ,
Construction Industry ,
General Contractors ,
Liability ,
Malpractice Insurance ,
Negligence ,
Nokia ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Subcontractors
Kenneth Jacobson was injured on a construction site, and he sued the owner of the premises and the general contractor (“GC”). The owner and GC filed a third-party action for contribution against a subcontractor insured by...more
ADDITIONAL AND NAMED INSUREDS/PRIORITY-
Court Rules “C/O” Company In Contract Not An Additional Insured-
A construction worker sued Blue Woods Management Group, Inc. alleging that he was injured while working...
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1/29/2021
/ Asbestos ,
Assault ,
Auto Insurance ,
Bodily Injury ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Default Judgment ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Duty to Defend ,
Estoppel ,
General Contractors ,
Homeowners ,
Hostile Environment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Insurance Industry ,
New York ,
Proof of Loss ,
Property Owners ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
State Farm ,
Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists
Pierce Management, a general contractor, subcontracted with RJK Electric for electrical work on a drive-thru at a Starbucks. Pierce’s project manager was allegedly injured while walking to his car in the parking lot by a...more
New York Court Reaffirms That Contractor’s Defective Work Is Not A Covered “Occurrence” Anthony and Sandra Tamer hired RD Rice Construction (“Rice”) as a general contractor to gut and rebuild their combined residential...more
7/30/2020
/ Business Property ,
Deadlines ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
General Contractors ,
Liability Insurance ,
New York ,
Occurrence ,
Personal Property ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Proof of Loss ,
Property Damage ,
Public Adjusters ,
State and Local Government ,
Subcontractors ,
Water Damage