Panel Affirms Coverage Issue, Reverses Attorney Fees Award In Injury Coverage Suit

( August 18, 2025, 11:34 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s judgment declaring that a subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurer has a duty to indemnify a property owner in an underlying personal injury lawsuit that occurred during construction at the premises but reversed the lower court’s award of attorney fees in favor of the property owner’s insurer....