( November 6, 2025, 8:45 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California held that an insurer does not owe a duty to defend or indemnify a subcontractor in an underlying suit brought by a contractor to recover costs and expenses incurred in the inspection and remediation of nonconforming installations of power pole anchors and guy wires by the subcontractor on power poles, finding that the subcontractor’s defective work doesn’t constitute property damage under the terms of the policy....