November 17, 2023
A Travelers unit has no duty to cover a condominium association's claim for over $17 million after a Wisconsin city ordered all the building's residents to evacuate when it determined that the structure was at risk of imminent collapse, the Seventh Circuit ruled Friday, finding multiple exclusions were applicable.
October 03, 2023
A Seventh Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of the denial of coverage by Travelers Indemnity Co. of Connecticut to an association of condo owners who were ordered to evacuate their collapsing building, with one judge saying they seemed to face a "Hobson's choice" in following the order to leave their unsafe homes when the policy contains an exclusion for "governmental action."