Legal Opinion
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Moreco Construction, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-6131PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KEARNEY, JUDGE.
A roofing subcontractor sued for allegedly failing to properly tarp and cover a roof during home construction causing property damage from rainwater cannot compel its business liability insurer to defend and indemnify it in the suit for faulty workmanship but may compel coverage if the homeowners’ property damage is an accident. We do not decide the underlying property damage case. Our role today is to declare whether coverage -exists after comparing the “four corners” of the underlying complaint against the roofing subcontractor with the “four corners” of the…
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