Judge: Tract Housing Exclusion Bars Defense, Indemnity For Building Defect Claims

( June 12, 2025, 11:42 AM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington dismissed an insurance coverage suit filed by several homeowners, as assignees of a developer, alleging a general liability insurer breached its duty to defend and indemnify the developer for claims arising from the developer’s defective construction of the homeowners’ houses, agreeing with a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation that a tract housing exclusion precluded coverage....