Millers Capital Insurance Company vs. Gambone Brothers Development Co., et al.
Year 2006
Court Pennsylvania Superior Court
Case Number Docket No. 420 EDA 2007
Issue
  • Coverage
State
  • Pennsylvania

Case involves insurance coverage for property damage resulting from faulty workmanship by an insured contractor and its subcontractors. The standard form general insurance liability policy (“CGL”) was intentionally designed to cover the underlying claims of faulty workmanship.

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Author UP's brief was prepared pro bono by Lee M. Epstein of Fried & Epstein LLP, and Amy Bach, Esq.
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