9th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win Over Retaining Wall Failure

By Ganesh Setty ( October 29, 2025, 7:25 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington federal court's no-coverage decision over a contractor's $2.66 million settlement relating to faulty retaining walls it constructed, agreeing Wednesday that a "sudden and accidental" exception in an "impaired property" exclusion did not apply to reinstate coverage for one wall that had failed....

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