Ohio Panel Majority Affirms Assault And Battery Exclusion Bars Coverage

(May 17, 2019, 1:56 PM EDT) -- DAYTON, Ohio — A majority of an Ohio appellate panel on May 17 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling in favor of an insurer in a coverage dispute brought by a bar owner insured, finding that the policy term "assault" unambiguously includes the common-law tort of assault and the crime of assault pursuant to Ohio’s Revised Code (Jerome Badders, et al. v. Century Insurance Co., No. 28170, Ohio App., 2nd Dist., Montgomery Co., 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 1975)....

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