Judge: Contractor’s Bid To Add Counterclaim To Coverage Row Untimely

(June 4, 2024, 5:29 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York denied a motion from a contracting company and two of its officers to amend their answer to their excess insurer’s suit, seeking to add a counterclaim that the insurer breached its insurance contract by denying coverage for damage caused to a neighboring building during excavation, finding that the addition would be futile and that the motion was untimely....