Panel Finds Potential For Coverage Exists For $2.6M In Damages Caused By Battery

Mealey's (February 28, 2018, 9:58 AM EST) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A California appeals panel on Feb. 14 reversed and remanded a lower court’s ruling in favor of a commercial general liability insurer on an insured’s claims for breach of contract, bad faith and declaratory relief, finding that there is at least a potential for coverage under the policy’s definition of “coverage territory" for $2.6 million in fire damages caused by a lithium battery in a handheld electronic gaming device that was designed by the insured (Planet Bingo, LLC v. The Burlington Insurance Company, No. E066690, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 2, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1056)....