Judge: Intentional Act Exclusion Bars Coverage For Suit Arising From Sexual Abuse

Mealey's (December 11, 2019, 12:17 PM EST) -- WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Nov. 20 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in its declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for a lawsuit alleging that the sexual assault of a minor would not have occurred but for the insureds’ failure to “properly or reasonably supervise” their son, finding that the policy’s intentional acts exclusion bars coverage (Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Co. v. Theresa Colmey, et al., No. 18-9259, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 202408)....