School Administrators’ Insurer Owes $2.6M For Settlement Over Molestation Claims

(February 22, 2019, 9:55 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 20 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that California Government Code Section 825.4 does not bar an insurer’s  claim against another insurer for repayment of $2.6 million of an underlying $15.8 million settlement of underlying negligent supervision claims against a California school district and three of its administrators arising from allegations that a teacher sexually molested three students (Westport Insurance Corporation v. California Casualty Management Company, No. 17-15924, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4889)....