Panel:   Bodily Injuries Alleged During Policy Periods Are Distinct From Convictions

Mealey's (May 30, 2019, 1:41 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 29 held that law enforcement liability policies issued to a local Mississippi government in the mid-1980s cover claims by three individuals wrongfully arrested and imprisoned in 1980 and later exonerated in 2010, finding that the estates of the wrongfully accused allege bodily injuries during the policy periods that were distinct from the wrongful convictions themselves (The Travelers Indemnity Co., et al. v. Ethel Mitchell, et al., No. 17-60291, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15915)....