Throughout 2009, there have been several important andinteresting cases that will likely impact various sectors of theinsurance industry. While this piece is not intended to be acomplete review of all 2009 insurance cases, it will provide aquick summary of some of the important cases decided by courtsaround the country in 2009.
Auto Owners Insurance Company v. Virginia T.Newman,
2009 WL 2851211 (S.C., September 8,2009)
In recent years, construction-defect coverage litigation hasquickly become a hot topic in insurance law. While some states'courts have yet to address this issue, the majority ofjurisdictions that have addressed it are split as to whether faultyworkmanship constitutes property damage caused by an occurrenceunder the coverage grant of a traditional commercial generalliability (CGL) policy.
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