Judge Rules Insurer Owes No Coverage to Developer for Drywall Claim

COVINGTON, La. - A state court judge has awarded Clarendon America Insurance Co. summary judgment in a Chinese drywall case, determining the insurer owes no duty to defend or indemnify a developer under policies issued to a construction company that built more than a dozen drywall-damaged homes in Louisiana. Brown v. Chinchuba Creek Garden Homes LLC, et al., No. 2009-13447 (La. Dist. Ct., St. Tammany Prsh.).

Judge Richard A Swartz Jr.'s July 30 ruling in Tammany Parish District Court followed argument by Clarendon that developer Chinchuba Creek Garden Homes failed to address whether it was even an insured under the …