Panel: No Coverage Owed For Defamation, Negligence Claims Arising From Sexual Abuse

(July 12, 2019, 10:22 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 10 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that a homeowners insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify underlying negligence and defamation claims because the policy's exclusion for damages “arising out of” sexual abuse covered all claims regardless of the theory of liability or relevant actor (United Property & Casualty Insurance v. Mary Roe, No. 18-2049, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20415)....

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