New Jersey's highest court has agreed to decide whether damages resulting from a subcontractor's defective work triggered an insurer's duty to defend the general contractor.

David E. Wood, a shareholder in the Ventura California office of Anderson Kill PC, said it is difficult for him to imagine the New Jersey Supreme Court:

"sticking its neck out and siding with an insurance company argument that, no matter what, faulty workmanship is never covered even if it causes accidental property damage." A ruling upholding the Appellate Division would be a win for construction industry policyholders in the state, attorneys say.

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