A Louisiana federal district court has held that a claims-made-and-reported professional liability policy did not provide coverage for a claim first made and reported years after the policy expired. Sistrunk v. Haddox, 2021 WL 1723545 (W.D. La. Apr. 30, 2021)
The Illinois Court of Appeals, applying Illinois law, has held that multiple lawsuits filed against a school district arising out of an employee’s alleged sexual abuse of children constitute a “single Claim” first made before the claims-made liability policy incepted.
Applying California law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that a fiduciary liability policy’s Prior and Pending Proceeding Exclusion did not bar coverage for litigation concerning implementation of a settlement agreement resolving a prior
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, applying Illinois law, has held that common-law tort claims regarding errant faxes arose out of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) so as to trigger an exclusion in the relevant
Applying Montana law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a claim made during one claims-made policy period but not noticed until a second policy period was not covered under either policy. Capitol Specialty Ins. Corp. v. Big
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has held that an insurer has a duty to defend its insured’s subsidiary in a class action lawsuit that alleges wrongful conduct that occurred prior to the parent’s
