Insurer Denied Summary Judgment In Duty To Defend Suit Over Roof Repair Coverage

Mealey's (October 28, 2022, 2:50 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A commercial general liability insurer is not entitled to summary judgment on claims brought by a church alleging that although the insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify its insured contractor on claims in a lawsuit related to the contractor’s defective roof work on a building the church later purchased because genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the insurer breached its duty to defend the contractor, a federal judge in Kansas ruled Oct. 27....