Buyer Beware: New Jersey’s Appellate Division Confirms that Exclusion for Bodily Injury to “An Employee of Any Insured” Bars Coverage for Third-Party Over Claim Against Additional Insured

By: Frederic J. Giordano, K&L Gates, Newark

Parties who require additional insured coverage from their contractors usually expect the coverage to extend to third-party over claims, particularly with respect to bodily injury claims by employees of contractors.  Those with such contracts covered by New Jersey law, however, may want to take special notice of a recent ruling of the New Jersey Appellate Division, which suggests that their expectations may be frustrated unless they take particular care in reviewing the policies at issue.

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