Federal Judge Says Assertion Of Reservation Of Rights Is Not Affirmative Defense

Mealey's (November 8, 2017, 11:46 AM EST) -- MIAMI — A Florida federal judge on Nov. 7 partially granted an insured’s motion to strike its insurer’s affirmative defenses as they pertained to the insurer’s reservation of rights because the assertion of a reservation of rights is not an affirmative defense (Kapow of Boca Raton Inc. et al. v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Co., No. 17-80972, S.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184224)....