08.26.2014 // CONSTRUCTION LAW WATCH
The debate continues: do construction defects present a single or multiple “occurrence” for insurance coverage purposes?
Our colleagues at The Policyholder Report note on a recent decision of whether construction defects present a single or multiple “occurrence” for insurance coverage purposes. In Chartis Specialty Ins. Co. v. Am. Contractors Ins. Co. (Aug. 12, 2014), Judge King of the federal district court in Oregon ruled that allegations of “deficiently managed construction” constituted a single occurrence for coverage purposes. Whether defective construction, development, administration and management give rise to one or more “occurrences” has profound consequences for both insurers and their insureds with regard to policy limits in play and deductibles/self-insurance retention amounts. Read it here.
Heather J. Oden
Oregon , Portland