Judge Finds Insurer Must Defend Paint Contractor In Suit Over Fire Damage

( February 20, 2026, 11:56 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California found that a commercial general liability insurer owed its insured paint contractor a duty to defend and indemnify it in underlying actions stemming from a fire that damaged property in San Francisco because there is “evidence that, at minimum, creates a material dispute of fact as to [the paint contractor’s] role in the fire at the Property.”...

Judge Finds Insurer Must Defend Paint Contractor In Suit Over Fire Damage

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