CGL Insurer Appeals Sewer Line Collapse Coverage Lawsuit To 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (November 8, 2022, 6:26 PM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A commercial general liability insurer filed a notice of appeal in Connecticut federal court appealing to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a federal judge’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a contractors pollution liability (CPL) insurer, in which the judge ruled that the insurer did not owe a subcontractor a duty to defend in a lawsuit stemming from the collapse of a sewer line the subcontractor installed because the subcontractor was covered under the CPL and CGL policies and that the “other insurance” clauses in both policies required the CPL policy to provide only excess coverage....