Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company v. Interstate Fire and Casualty Company, et al.

4:22-cv-01137

April 01, 2025
Berkshire Unit Denied Reimbursement For Asbestos Coverage

Two excess insurers for a drywall company have no duty to reimburse another excess insurer for payments it made to settle two asbestos injury lawsuits, a Texas federal court ruled, finding those lawsuits didn't allege an occurrence within the two excess insurers' policy periods.
June 26, 2024
Travelers Nabs Partial Win In Asbestos Coverage Dispute

A Travelers unit only has a duty to indemnify but not defend a drywall and paint company that faces several underlying asbestos injury lawsuits, a Texas federal court ruled, rejecting the company's reading of "not covered" in its umbrella policy providing excess coverage.
January 30, 2024
Paint Co., Insurer Denied Wins In Asbestos Coverage Spat

A drywall and paint company and its excess insurer can't toss each other's cross-claims in a lawsuit by the company's primary insurers, a Texas federal judge ruled, finding Tuesday that both parties sufficiently pled their arguments in the dispute over whether the company exploited its primary insurers in underlying asbestos litigation.
May 30, 2023
Insurers Seek Relief From Defense Of Asbestos Suits

A drywall and paint company is exploiting its primary insurers by allowing them to pay to defend numerous lawsuits against it in connection with asbestos injuries while using an excess insurer to pay settlements to never exhaust its primary limits, the primary insurers told a Texas federal court.