Insurer Urges 9th Circuit To Affirm Amended Judgment In Damages Coverage Row

( February 20, 2026, 10:08 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In its second brief on cross-appeal, a subcontractor’s insurer argues that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should affirm a lower court’s amended judgment in its favor, saying it did not have a duty to defend the subcontractor in the insurer’s equitable contribution and equitable indemnification suit arising from construction defect-related damages to a hotel that the general contractor and subcontractor were building....