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Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP Courts nationwide have grappled with was discovered that something was wrong “occurrence” of “property damage” such coverage for “rip and tear” claims like the with the wiring, now hidden by the beau- that would be covered under the standard one against Zappo in the hypothetical tiful terrazzo floor. State University de- CGL insuring agreement, where “property below. The purpose of this article is to in- manded that Zappo fix the wiring or face damage” means physical injury to tangible troduce and discuss the key concepts and legal action. Zappo would have to break property of a third party and “occurrence” rationales courts employ when addressing through the floor to fix the wiring, however. means an “accident, including continuous such claims, apply them to the hypothetical, Zappo forwarded State University’s de- or repeated exposure to substantially the and to ask whether modern trends in this mand to its liability insurer. Jim Juster, the same general harmful conditions.” area risk transforming the CGL policy into claims professional, was pretty certain that Most state courts recognize a well-set- a performance bond. there was no coverage for Zappo’s faulty tled rule that the issuer of