Judge: Prior Knowledge Provision Bars Professional Liability Coverage, Judge Rules

(March 5, 2019, 8:59 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on March 1 held that a law firm insured’s failure to provide information required under a professional liability insurance policy’s prior knowledge provision bars it from coverage for an underlying malpractice action (Zavodnick, Zavodnick, and Lasky, LLC, et al. v. National Liability & Fire Insurance Company, No. 17-4762, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33173)....