Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Northern Insurance

Mikell, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to Northern Insurance Company of New York (“Northern”) in a contribution action filed by Bituminous Casualty Corporation (“Bituminous”) to recover half of the attorney fees and litigation expenses Bituminous has incurred and continues to incur in defending Triad Construction Company (“Triad”) against claims filed by Hilda and Devan Lowe. Because the claims asserted by the Lowes are excluded from coverage under Northern’s policy, we affirm.

The Lowes hired Triad in 1995 as the general contractor for the construction of a…