( July 31, 2024, 10:05 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling in favor of a building owner and general contractor in their lawsuit seeking a declaration that a subcontractor’s general liability insurer has a duty to defend them against an underlying lawsuit arising from a worker injury, rejecting the insurer’s assertion that it was not required to provide timely notice to the insureds of its denial of coverage because their insurer was the real party in interest....