Wall’s Structural Instability Caused By Deterioration, Not Collapse, Judge Says

( January 31, 2024, 2:19 PM EST) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — No coverage is owed for the replacement of an entire wall of a building undergoing renovations because the cause of the structural instability of the wall was deterioration and not the collapse of a limited number of bricks from the wall during the construction work, a Tennessee federal judge said Jan. 30 in entering judgment in favor of the insurer....