School District Coverage Suit Arising From Harassment, Retaliation Claims Dismissed

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 12:48 PM EDT) -- PINE BLUFF, Ark. — A federal judge in Arkansas on July 12 held that a math teacher’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge and subsequent lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation constitute a single claim that was “first made” against a school district insured  during a 2015 policy period, finding that there is no coverage because the insured did not timely report the claim to the insurer (Pine Bluff School District v. ACE American Insurance Company, No. 18-00185, E.D. Ark., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116167)....