Construction litigation is booming, and two recent decisions potentially broaden coverage for builders who are sued for defective construction.
In Carithers v. Mid-Continent Casualty, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit expanded what constitutes covered property damage. Before, there was a bright-line rule that defective construction was not property damage but damage caused by defective construction was property damage.
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