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PLAINTIFFS PROVED THE “ENSUING LOSS” EXCEPTION TO THE “FAULTY WORKMANSHIP” EXCLUSION IN THE HOME INSURANCE POLICY APPLIED; PLUMBING WORK WAS FAULTY, RESULTING IN FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE; THE WATER DAMAGE WAS COVERED UNDER THE “ENSUING LOSS” EXCEPTION TO THE “FAULTY WORKMANSHIP” EXCLUSION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the “ensuing loss’ exception to the “faulty workmanship” exclusion applied. The plumbers apparently used the wrong adhesion material for a water-pipe connection. The connection failed and the house was flooded. The “ensuing loss” exception to the “faulty workmanship” exclusion “provide[s] coverage when, as a result of an excluded peril, a covered peril arises and causes damage:”

We conclude that the ensuing loss exception applies to provide coverage for the household water damage because the excluded peril of faulty workmanship resulted in “collateral or subsequent damage” … “to property ‘wholly separate from the defective property itself’ ” … , and plaintiffs’ claim is for “a new loss to property that is of a kind not excluded by the policy,” i.e., sudden and accidental water leakage from within a plumbing system … . In other words, the ensuing loss exception provides coverage here because, as a result of an excluded peril (faulty workmanship), a covered peril arose (water discharge from a plumbing system) and caused other harm (water damage) to separate property (areas throughout the house) … . Ewald v Erie Ins. Co. of N.Y., 2023 NY Slip Op 01439, Fourth Dept 3-17-23

Practice Point: Here water damage throughout the house was covered by the “ensuing loss” exception to the “faulty workmanship” exclusion in the home insurance policy. The plumbers used the wrong material for a water-pipe connection and the house was flooded.

 

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