Judge Says Jury Must Determine Whether Exclusion Applies To Bar Defect Coverage

( January 8, 2026, 10:42 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California granted in part and denied in part an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a case brought against it by a residential lot owner and granted an excess insurer’s motion for summary judgment; the judge found that a policy exclusion may not bar coverage for work a contractor did on the property....