CGL Policy Did Not Provide Coverage For Homeowners’ Contract Breach Claims

Mealey's (February 17, 2023, 8:43 AM EST) -- SALEM, Ore. — An insurer owed no duty to indemnify either its insured contractor or homeowners in a coverage dispute over faulty work performed in building a home because the breach of contract claim brought by the homeowners in an arbitration proceeding was not covered under the contractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy, an Oregon Court of Appeals panel ruled in affirming....