( July 23, 2026, 8:22 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed claims brought by an insurer, as subrogee for a general contractor, against a property inspector for negligence for the inspector’s alleged failure to identify several defects in a subcontractor’s work, finding that the claims were barred by res judicata because the same claims had been voluntarily dismissed in a state court case brought against the inspector by the general contractor....