A structural engineering firm will have to face its insurers' claims that they have no obligation to defend the firm from lawsuits filed due to the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, a federal judge ruled Feb. 3. (Credit: Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock.com) A structural engineering firm will have to face its insurers' claims that they have no obligation to defend the firm from lawsuits filed due to the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, a federal judge ruled Feb. 3. (Credit: Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock.com)

A structural engineering firm will have to face its insurers' claims that they have no obligation to defend the firm from lawsuits filed due to the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, a federal judge ruled Feb. 3. 

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied Morabito Consultants Inc.'s motion to dismiss the suit filed by Continental Casualty Co. and National First Insurance Company of Hartford seeking declaratory judgement. The insurers asked the court to rule they have no obligation to defend or indemnify Morabito in connection with other suits. 

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