Owners Brings New Coverage Case in Florida for Rightway Drywall Claims

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Owners Insurance Co. has filed a declaratory judgment action in Florida, marking the insurer's second attempt to have a court rule that it has no duty to defend nor indemnify a Chinese drywall supplier for class action claims asserted by The Mitchell Company Inc. Owners Insurance Co., et al. v. The Mitchell Co. Inc., et al., No. 12-13 (N.D. Fla.).

Owners filed the case Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, arguing that exclusions in the commercial general and umbrella liability policies is sold Rightway Drywall preclude coverage for the Mitchell Company …