Judge: CGL Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Against Suit Alleging Defective Work

( October 28, 2024, 11:41 AM EDT) -- EL DORADO, Ark. —A federal judge in Arkansas granted a commercial general liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend its insured against underlying breach of contract and breach of warranty of sound workmanship claims for unfinished construction and fraud for misrepresenting both his credentials and background as a construction contractor, finding that the insured’s alleged actions giving rise to property damage “were undoubtedly ‘first set in motion’” before the policy began....