United States Fourth Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of insurer defendants is vacated in part to find that a standard 1986 commercial general liability policy form provides liability coverage for costs to remedy unexpected and unintended property damage to the contractor's otherwise nondefective work-product caused by the subcontractor's defective workmanship.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/14/2006
• Decided 04/27/2006
• Published 04/27/2006

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  David Hilton Wise, Waters & Wise, P.L.L.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellants.  Thomas Sykes Schaufelberger, Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Paul V. Waters, Waters & Wise, P.L.L.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellants.  Edward E. Nicholas, Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum, Washington, D.C., for Appellee United States Fire Insurance Company;  Robert Edward Worst, Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee Assurance Company of America.  David S. Jaffe, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Appellants.