A general contractor's CGL policy typically will NOT respond to which claim?
Explanation
A commercial general liability policy excludes bodily injury to an employee arising out of employment, because that injury belongs to workers' compensation, with Coverage B employers' liability picking up the suits the no-fault system does not resolve. (a), (b) and (c) are exactly what the CGL is bought for: third-party bodily injury and property damage arising out of the contractor's operations. The line is who was hurt, not how badly or where — an employee framing the same wall as the injured visitor produces a workers' compensation claim, not a CGL claim.
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