New York Justice: Insurer Has Duty To Share In Defense Of Lanham Act Suit

Mealey's (June 19, 2019, 10:05 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York justice on May 29 held that an insurer has a duty to share in the defense costs in an underlying Lanham Act lawsuit against its insured, finding that the insurer has failed to satisfy its burden of establishing that policy exclusions excuse it from providing coverage (Continental Casualty Company v. KB Insurance Co., Ltd., et al., No. 652103/2018, N.Y. Sup., New York Co., 2019 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2843)....