Insurer Owes Defense For Civil Rights Claims Filed By Man Exonerated Of Murder

Mealey's (August 10, 2018, 3:24 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on Aug. 8 held that an insurer has a duty to defend its insureds against underlying civil rights claims arising from the wrongful conviction of a man for his wife’s murder, rejecting the insurer’s argument that various policy exclusions bar coverage (Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company v. Lincoln County, Missouri, et al., No. 17-00762, E.D. Mo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133415)....