7th Circuit Holds Prior Work Exclusion Precludes Roofer’s Coverage

( July 14, 2026, 1:18 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s ruling that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a roofing contractor in an underlying suit alleging that the contractor’s negligent repair work contributed to the collapse of a building’s façade, killing two people....