Judge Denies USC's Arbitration Motion In Coverage Suit Over Sexual Misconduct Claims

Mealey's (July 27, 2020, 7:48 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on July 20 denied the University of Southern California's motion to compel arbitration of its excess health care professional liability insurer's declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for underlying sexual misconduct claims against one of the university's doctors, finding that the excess policy's follow-form clause does not incorporate the primary policy's arbitration provision (Arch Specialty Insurance Company v. University Of Southern California, No. 19-cv-6964, C.D. Calif.)....