Subcontractors Are Not Parties To Subrogation Waiver, Maryland High Court Affirms

(July 17, 2024, 10:12 AM EDT) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Supreme Court of Maryland affirmed an appeals court’s finding that contractual waivers of subrogation do not bar an all-risk insurer’s claims alleging that tornado damage to an Amazon warehouse was caused by subcontractors’ negligence in designing and building the warehouse because the subcontractors were not intended third-party beneficiaries of the subrogation waiver, further affirming the appeal court’s ruling that the language of the subcontract waiver clause is ambiguous....