Panel: Employer’s Liability, Texas Abuse Or Molestation Exclusions Bar Coverage

(January 14, 2019, 11:43 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 11 affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that employer’s liability and Texas abuse or molestation exclusions in commercial general liability and commercial liability umbrella insurance policies excuse the insurer from defending its insured against an underlying negligence lawsuit arising from the alleged attack and sexual assault of one of its employees by another employee (United Fire and Casualty Company v. Kent Distributors, Inc., No. 18-50134, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 1025)....

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