Intellectual Property, Breach Exclusions Bar Coverage, Federal Judge Rules

Mealey's (March 15, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on March 13 entered a judgment in favor of a commercial general liability insurer one day after finding that the policy exclusions for intellectual property and breach excuse the insurer from its duty to defend an underlying lawsuit against its fashion designer insured (Nanette Lepore, et al. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, No. 18-689, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39404)....