December 28, 2017.
Don Soto of Carl Warren & Company, James Hailey of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Jayne Pittman of Conroy Simberg, and Caryn Siebert of CLM Advisors presented the content of this article at the 2017 CLM & Business Insurance Construction Conference in San Diego. The session focused on the ongoing dilemma in construction litigation regarding demands for defense and indemnity from general contractors and developers to subcontractors and their carriers. The panelists addressed the applicable case law and statutes in the West, Southeast, and South regions relating to indemnification and additional insureds. They also discussed firsthand experiences with large loss claim handling with examples of the pros and cons in accepting tenders of defense.
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To Defend Or Not To Defend. The Dilemma for Carriers, Subcontractors and their Counsel in Construction Defect Cases
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Don Soto is a Claims Manager at Carl Warren & Company. He can be reached at dsoto@carlwarren.com.
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