Stoneridge Development Co. v. Essex Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that where insured was insolvent and injured third party held final judgment against insured, the third party could assert a claim that the liability insurer was barred from denying coverage based on insurer’s purportedly inadequate reservation of rights
• finding that a premature posttrial motion was constructively refiled and made timely when the trial court entered and continued the motion
• noting that the subcontractor exception “cannot negate the lack of an ‘occurrence’ here”
• moving, cracking and general failure of “ ‘the load bearing elements’ ” of the townhouse, due to “ ‘unsuitable structural bearing soils and earth retention’ ”
• stating the “principle that an exception to an exclusion does not create coverage or provide an additional basis for coverage [citation] but, rather, merely preserves coverage already granted in the insuring provision” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
• stating the “principle that an exception to an exclusion does not create coverage or provide an additional basis for coverage [citations] but, rather, merely preserves coverage already granted in the insuring provision” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).