Archive:June 19, 2012

A&T Siding v. Capitol Specialty Ins., No. 3:10-cv-980-AC, 2012 WL 707100 (D. Or. Mar. 1, 2012)

A siding subcontractor sued the CGL insurance carrier to recover amounts claimed due under a policy that was for the benefit of a condominium homeowners association.  This lawsuit arose when a general contractor was sued by the association for construction defects and the general contractor in-turn sued the subcontractor for negligent construction.  The subcontractor tendered its defense to Capitol and Zurich, each of which initially participated in the defense.  Capitol subsequently withdrew its defense because it decided the alleged defects and damage took place prior to inception of its policy.

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U.S. v. Hooker Creek Asphalt, No. 6:08-cv-6307-HO, 2012 WL 913229 (D. Or. Mar. 16, 2012)

A qui tam action brought against contractors for alleged violation of the U.S. False Claims Act arising from a road construction contract was dismissed with prejudice.  The qui tam relator’s complaints (following a series of amendments and, with the court’s direction, the inclusion of additional necessary pleading elements) were found lacking as to personal knowledge and failed to provide the “who, what, when, where and how”.  The relator relied on “representative example type pleading” which lacked required particularity.  The court found that permission to allow further amended complaints would be futile.