Subcontractor Was Not An Additional Insured Under Policy, Insurer Argues

Mealey's (February 9, 2023, 2:48 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel should overturn a federal district court judge’s reduced attorney fee award in favor of a contractor’s counsel in a coverage lawsuit stemming from the law firm’s representation of the contractor in an underlying lawsuit over a subcontractor’s alleged defective stucco work on several homes in a subdivision because the subcontractor is not an additional insured under the contractor’s policy, the contractor’s insurer argues in an appellant brief filed in the 11th Circuit....