Roofer Starts to Replace Wrong Roof

March 18, 2013

I have a homeowner claim situation that I am hoping that you can offer some insight on. A contracting company came to our insured's home and began to replace the roof, realized that they had made a mistake and was at the wrong location, and stopped after replacing almost half of the roof. The roofer does not want to replace the other half so the insured has turned in a claim. Do you think that coverage would apply? The company is denying it based on the following:

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