Hospitality Management, Inc. v. Preferred Contractors Insuranc

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Case overview

Case Number:

21-35638

Court:

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

4110 Insurance

  1. October 24, 2023

    Insurer, Subcontractor Drop Appeal Over $2.5M Breach Award

    The Ninth Circuit has granted a joint motion by a subcontractor and its insurer to drop the insurer's appeal of a lower court's decision finding that it must pay $2.5 million for failing to properly defend the subcontractor in an underlying construction-defect lawsuit.

  2. May 15, 2023

    Insurer Can't Escape $2.5M Breach Award, 9th Circ. Told

    A subcontractor urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower court's ruling that its insurer must pay $2.5 million for failing to properly defend it in an underlying construction defect suit, telling the court the insurer failed to prove the judgment against it was unreasonable.