Judge Grants Dismissal of Insurers’ Equitable Reimbursement Claim

Members of the Payne & Fears Insurance Group were written up in the May 2015 edition of the “Mealey’s Litigation Report: California Insurance” when commercial general liability insurers failed to assert any claims for breach of the cooperation clause of the insurance agreement or for equitable reimbursement. A California federal magistrate judge granted a dismissal of claims against additional insureds regarding a defense in an underlying construction defects case in Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, et al. v. Centex Homes, et al.