Criminal Acts Exclusion Bars Coverage For Shooting Death, 6th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (August 30, 2019, 7:27 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 23 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that an insurance policy's criminal acts exclusion excuses an insurer from its duty to defend or indemnify its insured, in his individual or official capacities as a constable, against an underlying shooting death, rejecting the appellant’s contention that the exclusion is ambiguous (Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. v. Bill Stanley, et al., No. 17-308, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 25501)....