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In Alliance Mutual Insurance Co. v. Dove, 714 S.E.2d 782 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011), claimant Murphy-Brown hired insured Dove to repair a broken elevator belt in a grain elevator in Murphy-Brown’s feed mill. The elevator ....
In Continental Western Ins. Co. v. Shay Construction, Inc., No. 10-cv-02126 (D. Col. July 28. 2011), general contractor Milender White subcontracted with insured Shay for framing work. Shay in turn subcontracted some of its work ....
In Goodville Mut. Cas. Co. v. Baldo, No. 09-338 (D. Del. June 2, 2011), claimants condominium association and unit owners sued project developer Rehoboth and general contractor Capano seeking damages because of moisture penetration property ....
In Lafayete Ins. Co. v. Peerboom, No. 3:10cv336 (S.D. Miss. June 2, 2011), claimant homeowner Peerboom hired insured contractor Absolute to raise Peerboom’s house two feet to avoid future flooding. While Absolute was raising the ....
In Evanston Ins. Co. v. D&L Masonry of Lubbock, Inc., No. 07-10-00358-CV (Tex. Ct. App. April 18, 2011), insured masonry subcontractor D&L sued its CGL insurer Evanston to recover costs incurred by D&L for the ....
In E.H. Spencer & Co., LLC v. Essex Ins. Co., No. 09-P-1812 (Mass. Ct. App. April 8, 2011)(unpublished), insured Spencer was the general contractor for a residence. During construction, the project suffered water penetration damage ....
In Builders Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mitchell, No. 08 CVS 002340 (N.C. Ct. App. April 5, 2011), claimant McKinney hired insured general contractor Umstead to perform repairs to portions of McKinney’s house. Umstead performed the ....
In Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Dorsey Reconditioning, Inc., No. 10-CA-11 (Ohio Ct. App. March 25, 2011), insured Dorsey contracted with claimant Clow to sandblast and prime pipe which Clow contracted to supply to WMSI for ....
In Brake Landscaping & Lawncare, Inc. v. Hawkeye-Security Ins. Co., No. 09-3874 (8th Cir. Nov. 1, 2010), insured landscaping contractor Brake, intending to apply a selective herbicide to customers’ lawns in order to kill weeks, ....
In Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. JHP Development, Inc., No. 05-50796 (5th Cir. Jan. 28, 2009), insured JHP was the general contractor for a condominium project. As called for in the contract, JHP completed the model ....