Viking Construction Management, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the genéral-eoverage provisions do not provide coverage for damages resulting from breach, of contract
• indicating that implicit in every liability contract is the requirement that the loss be a fortuitous loss
• indicating that implicit in every liability contract is the requirement that the loss be a fortuitous loss
• defining “accident” as “an unforeseen occurrence ... or an undersigned sudden or unexpected event of an inflictive or unfortunate character”
• no “occurrence” where portion of masonry wall installed by subcontractor collapsed, because the collapse was the ordinary and natural consequence of improper bracing
• no property damage where allegations in underlying complaint point to repair and replacement of defective product or construction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).