Judge Partly Grants Subcontractor’s Motion To Dismiss Insurer’s Coverage Suit

( November 8, 2024, 8:46 AM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama granted a subcontractor’s motion to dismiss an insurer’s request for a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to indemnify the subcontractor against an underlying lawsuit alleging claims for breach of implied warranty of fitness, breach of implied warranty of good workmanship, breach of contract and common-law indemnity because the indemnification claim is not ripe but allowed the insurer’s claims seeking a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend to proceed....