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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 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 Alliance Mutual Ins. Co. v. Guilford Ins. Co., No. COA10-619 (N.C. Ct. App. March 15, 2011)(unpublished), insured Premier, the plumbing subcontractor for a residential project, was sued by the homeowner seeking damages for the ....
In Gaston County Dying Mach. Co. v. Northfield Ins. Co., No. 10PA99 (N.C. Feb. 4, 2000), Gaston manufactured a pressure vessel which it sold to Rosenmund who in turn sold it to Sterling who incorporated ....
In Breezewood of Wilmington Condominiums Homeowners’ Assoc., Inc. v. Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co., No. 08-1476 (4th Cir. July 1, 2009)(unpublished), insured Quality was the general contractor for the Breezewood condominiums project. Following completion, the Breezewood ....
In Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co. v. Superior Construction Corp., No. 3:07-CR-00276-W (W.D. N.C. Aug. 15, 2008), insured Superior was the general contractor for the Richmond Hills Condominiums. Following completion, Richmond Hills sued Superior seeking damages ....
In Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Miller Building Corp., claimant PVC hired insured Miller to serve as general contractor for the construction of a hotel. Following completion, asserting defective construction, PVC refused pay Miller. Miller initiated ....
In Production Systems, Inc. v. Amerisure Ins. Co., No. COA04-580 (N.C. Ct. App. Dec. 21, 2004), insured PSI contracted with Rubatex to design, construct, and install production line systems in Rubatex’s manufacturing plant. Almost immediately ....
In Wayne Bros., Inc. v. N. River Ins. Co., No. 1:01CV00842 (M.D. N.C. Aug. 20, 2003), insured Wayne was the concrete floor subcontractor on a construction project. Following completion, surface delamination developed in the floor. ....
In General Cas. Co. of Wis. v. Image Builders, Inc., No. 1:09CV159 (W.D. N.C. Oct. 29, 2010), claimant Schneider hired insured general contractor Image Builders to construct a home. Schneider filed for arbitration against Image ....