Outside Business Exclusion Bars Coverage For Claims Against Law Firm, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (November 11, 2019, 1:28 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 8 affirmed a lower federal court's ruling that a professional liability insurance policy's outside business exclusion precludes coverage for underlying claims against a law firm insured and one of its attorneys (Westport Insurance Corporation v. Hippo Fleming & Pertile Law Offices, et al., No. 18-3551, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33480)....