( September 18, 2026, 3:29 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York denied a general contractor’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by the state of New York’s insurer seeking defense and indemnification in several underlying actions stemming from a Long Island Expressway accident allegedly caused, at least in part, by the general contractor’s negligence, finding that the state’s insurer plausibly pleaded that the contractor’s insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify the state in those underlying actions....