Insurers Push Back on Pro-Policyholder Ruling in Stoneworker Case

Insurers fighting coverage for stoneworker injury claims in a California federal court are arguing that a ruling in favor of a policyholder in a similar case in the same court is irrelevant to disputes with their policyholders.

Judge John F. Walter held Dec. 22 that a silica exclusion didn’t preclude carriers from having to defend a stone product manufacturer in stoneworker litigation. But that involves different policy language, different parties, and a different product than the cases before Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani, Travelers Cos. units and other insurers told the US District Court for the Central District of California in ...