Criminal Acts Exclusion Bars Coverage For Shooting Death, Federal Judge Rules

Mealey's (February 22, 2019, 9:59 AM EST) -- LONDON, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge on Feb. 19 held that an insurance policy’s criminal acts exclusion excuses an insurer from its duty to defend or indemnify its insured, in his individual or official capacities as a constable, against an underlying shooting death, finding that the constable intentionally shot and expected to harm the decedent (Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. v. Bill Stanley, et al., No. 17-308, E.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26010)....