Panel Partly Affirms, Partly Vacates Ruling In Wrongful Death Coverage Suit

(May 9, 2024, 2:22 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 8 affirmed the part of a lower federal court’s order that determined that a commercial general liability insurance policy’s assault and battery exclusion relieved an insurer of its duty to indemnify against an underlying wrongful death suit brought by the estate of the decedent but found that the insurer lacked standing to pursue its declaratory judgment claim against the estate as to its duty to defend....