Judge Adopts R&R Allowing Insurer’s Claims Against Contractor To Proceed

( March 19, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas issued an order adopting a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation that a construction company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings be denied in a case its insurer brought against it seeking to recover attorney fees the insurer paid in defending subcontractors in an arbitration regarding allegedly negligent hotel designs and construction; the magistrate judge had found that the insurer exclusively paid defense cost claims....