Essex House v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “latent defect” means defects inherent in the materials used, and does not include negligent design and construction
• “This rider does not insure against loss caused by wear and tear ... mechanical breakdown
• interest allowed under Ohio law from date of loss even though claim was “essentially unliquidated in nature” before judgment, based on “need to give plaintiffs fair and adequate compensation for their losses”
• visual inspection of building and plans would have revealed construction defects

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).