American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance v. Hathaway Development Co.

Thompson, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Hathaway Dev. Co. v. American Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 301 *750Ga. App. 65 (686 SE2d 855) (2009) and posed this question: Did the Court of Appeals err in its construction of the term “occurrence” as defined by the insurance policy in question?

Hathaway Development Company, Inc. (“Hathaway”), a general contractor, sued its plumbing subcontractor, Whisnant Contracting Company, Inc. (“Whisnant”), for negligent plumbing work at three job sites. Hathaway sought to recover the cost of repairs caused by Whisnant’s faulty…