Mealey's ( January 25, 2023, 1:25 PM EST) -- BOSTON — An insurer had a duty to defend its insured contractor in an underlying lawsuit alleging that faulty workmanship on the part of the contractor and others in the renovation of a building led to the building’s collapse, causing over $1 million in damage, because the claims made against the contractor allege “‘property damage,’ caused by an ‘occurrence,” a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Jan. 24 in granting the contractor’s motion for partial summary judgment in part and denying the insurer’s motion....