Assault And Battery Exclusion Bars Liquor Liability, CGL Coverage, 4th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (February 6, 2020, 1:13 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 5 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against an underlying lawsuit, finding “no reversible error” in the lower court’s ruling (Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Christie Michelle Acosta, et al., No. 18-1808, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3483)....